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Definition of PIN

1. Verb. To hold fast or prevent from moving. "The fighter managed to PIN his opponent"; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"

2. Noun. A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment.

3. Verb. Attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins. "Pin the blame on the innocent man"

4. Noun. When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat.

5. Verb. Pierce with a pin. "Pin down the butterfly"

6. Noun. Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc..

7. Verb. Immobilize a piece.

8. Noun. A number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts.

9. Noun. Informal terms for the leg. "Fever left him weak on his sticks"

10. Noun. Axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns.

11. Noun. Cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown.

12. Noun. Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green.

13. Noun. A small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things.

14. Noun. A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.

15. Noun. A club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target.

Definition of PIN

1. v. t. To peen.

2. v. t. To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

3. n. A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.

4. v. t. To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.

Definition of PIN

1. Acronym. personal identification number. A number used to confirm identity when using an ATM, or more recently when making payment using a credit card or debit card. ¹

2. Noun. A small device, made (usually) of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening. ¹

3. Noun. A small nail with a head and a sharp point. ¹

4. Noun. A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts. ¹

5. Noun. A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling. ¹

6. Noun. (''in plural'' '''pins'''; ''informal'') A leg. ¹

7. Noun. (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector. ¹

8. Noun. A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin. ¹

9. Noun. (American English) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc. ¹

10. Noun. (chess) A scenario in which the movement of a lesser piece that is under attack and moves away would reveal a more valuable piece. ¹

11. Noun. (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area) ¹

12. Noun. (dated) A mood, a state of being. ¹

13. Verb. (''often followed by a preposition such as'' '''to''' ''or'' '''on''') To fasten or attach (something) with a pin. ¹

14. Verb. (chess usually in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of PIN

1. to fasten with a pin (a slender, pointed piece of metal) [v PINNED, PINNING, PINS]

Medical Definition of PIN

1. To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together. "Aa if she would pin her to her heart." To pin one's faith upon, to depend upon; to trust to. Origin: See Pin. To peen. 1. A piece of wood, metal, etc, generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt. "With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast." (Milton) 2. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc. 3. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle. "He . . . Did not care a pin for her." (Spectator) 4. That which resembles a pin in its form or use; as: A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings. A linchpin. A rolling-pin. A clothespin. The tenon of a dovetail joint. 5. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink. 6. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center. "The very pin of his heart cleft." 7. Mood; humor. "In merry pin." 8. Caligo. See Caligo. 9. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin. 10. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. Banking pin, a drill with a central pin or projection to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore. Pin grass. A small coil which revolves on a common pin and makes a wheel of yellow or coloured fire. Origin: OE. Pinne, AS. Pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. Pin, G. Pinne, Icel. Pinni, W. Pin, Gael. & Ir. Pinne; all fr. L. Pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. A different word from pinna feather. Cf. Fin of a fish, Pen a feather. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of PIN

pimpled pimplelike pimples pimplier pimpliest pimplike pimpliness pimply pimpmobile pimpmobiles

pimpology pimps pimps out pimpship pimpy pin pin-eyed pin-head pin-heads pin-hole

pin-holes pin-money pin-pen merger pin-point pin-pointed pin-pointing pin-points pin-prick pin-pricks pin-striped

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