"pen in" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: pens in [present, singular, third-person], penning in [participle, present], penned in [participle, past], penned in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pen in (third-person singular simple present pens in, present participle penning in, simple past and past participle penned in)
  1. To enclose (animals) in a pen.
    Sense id: en-pen_in-en-verb-aBANv1rl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 50 5
  2. To enclose (animals) in a pen.
    (figurative, by extension) To cause to be stuck in a situation; to be forced into a situation by circumstances.
    Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-pen_in-en-verb-ZlV46x6a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (in) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 50 5 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (in): 36 58 6
  3. To schedule; fix a date for.
    Sense id: en-pen_in-en-verb-BOXLjq-I
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pencil in

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pen in meaning in All languages combined (2.7kB)

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