"pawn" meaning in English

See pawn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɔːn/ [UK], /pɔn/ [US] Forms: pawn [singular], pawns [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A pawn in the game of chess is a piece that can only move forward. Each player will get eight pawns.
    Sense id: simple-pawn-en-noun-Wno5HWcN

Verb

IPA: /pɔːn/ [UK], /pɔn/ [US] Forms: pawn [canonical], pawns [third-person, singular], pawned [past], pawned [past, participle], pawning [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you pawn a valuable object, you offer it to a money-lender as security for a loan of money. When money is repaid, plus interest, the object(s) are said to be "redeemed".
    Sense id: simple-pawn-en-verb-PlyAZ8ZZ
     
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