pin
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *pinnaz Proto-West Germanic *pinn Old English pinn Middle English pinne English pin From Middle English pinne, from Old English pinn (“pin, peg, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, *pinnō, *pint- (“protruding point, peak, peg, pin, nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge”). Related to pen (“enclosure”). Cognate with Dutch pin (“peg, pin”), Low German pin, pinne (“pin, point, nail, peg”), German Pinn, Pinne (“pin, tack, peg”), Bavarian Pfonzer, Pfunzer (“sharpened point”), Danish pind (“pin, pointed stick”), Norwegian pinn (“stick”), Swedish pinne (“peg, rod, stick”), Icelandic pinni (“pin”). More at pintle. No relation to classical Latin pinna (“fin, flipper, wing-like appendage, wing, feather”), which was extended to mean "ridge, peak, point" (compare pinnacle), and often confused with Latin penna (“wing, feather”). More at feather and pen (Etymology 3).
Definitions
A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and…
A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
- With pins of adamant / And chains they made all fast.
A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
- Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.
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The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a…
The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles…
A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
A leg.
- I'm not so good on my pins these days.
Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
- The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins.
A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round…
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.
Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a…
Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
The flagstick
The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
- The shot landed right on the pin.
The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the…
The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
- For kings are clouts that euery man ſhoots at, Our Crowne the pin that thouſands ſeeke to cleaue.
- the very pin of his heart cleft
A mood, a state of being.
- Hee sett Promethius, on a merrye pynn, / Whoe dranke soe devillishly, that there he gott / A terrible heartburninge, […]
- he had made the sign of the Cross on his head; for he was then on a merry pin and full of jearing
One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person…
One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
Caligo.
- Blind with the pin and web
A thing of small value
A thing of small value; a trifle.
- He […] did not care a pin for her.
A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
The tenon of a dovetail joint.
A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
A pinball machine.
- I spent most of my time in the arcade playing pins.
- Attracted by game operation, many invested heavily in pins and rolldowns prior to last spring.
A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the…
A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
An injection of PEDs.
To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
To pin down (someone).
- He pinned his opponent on the mat.
To enclose
To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
- to pin a folder to the taskbar
To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
- When marshaling data, the interop marshaler can copy or pin the data being marshaled.
- […] you can use the GCHandle class mentioned earlier to pin a heap block until you explicitly unpin it.
To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
- Now I need to pin those needles.
To inject for performance enhancement.
To move a piece onto a blot, preventing the piece from further movement.
Alternative form of peen.
A cataract of the eye.
Acronym of personal identification number.
Initialism of preferred IUPAC name.
The neighborhood
- synonymskittle
- neighborneedle
- neighborabsolute pin
- neighborrelative pin
- neighborpartial pin
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at pin. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at pin. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at pin
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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