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Webster 1913 Edition
Pin
Pin
,Verb.
T.
(Metal Working)
To peen.
Pin
,Noun.
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
And chains they made all fast.
pins
of adamantAnd 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)
A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
(b)
A linchpin.
(c)
A rolling-pin.
(d)
A clothespin.
(e)
(Mach.)
A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
See Illust. of Knuckle joint
, under Knuckle
. (f)
(Joinery)
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.
[Obs.]
“The very pin of his heart cleft.” Shak.
7.
Mood; humor.
[Obs.]
“In merry pin.” Cowper.
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
[Slang]
Banking pin
(Horol.)
, a pin against which a lever strikes, to limit its motion.
– Pin drill
(Mech.)
, 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
. (Bot.)
See
– Alfilaria
. Pin hole
, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small aperture or perforation.
– Pin lock
, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers.
– Pin money
, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband to his wife, for private and personal expenditure.
– Pin rail
(Naut.)
, a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to hold belaying pins. Sometimes applied to the
– fife rail
. Called also pin rack
. Pin wheel
. (a)
A contrate wheel in which the cogs are cylindrical pins
. (b)
(Fireworks)
A small coil which revolves on a common pin and makes a wheel of yellow or colored fire.
Pin
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pinned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pinning
.] [See ]
Pin
, Noun.
To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join;
“As if she would pin her to her heart.” as, to
pin
a garment; to pin
boards together. Shak.
To pin one's faith upon
, to depend upon; to trust to.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pin
PIN
,Noun.
1.
A small pointed instrument made of brass wire and headed; used chiefly by females for fastening their clothes.2.
A piece of wood or metal sharpened or pointed,used to fasten together boards,plank or other timber. The larger pins of metal are usually called bolts,and the wooden pins used in ship building are called treenails [trunnels.] A small wooden pin is called a peg.3.
A thing of little value. It is not a pin's matter. I care not a pin.4.
A linchpin.5.
The central part.6.
A peg used in musical instruments in straining and relaxing the strings.7.
A note or strain.8.
A horny induration of the membranes of the eye.9.
A cylindrical roller made of wood. 10. A noxious humor in a hawk's foot.
11. The pin of a block is the axis of the sheave.
PIN
,Verb.
T.
1.
To fasten; to make fast; or to join and fasten together. Our gates--we have but pinned with rushes.
She lifted the princess from the earth, and so locks her in embracing, as if she would pin her to her heart.
2.
To inclose; to confine. [See the verbs Pen and Pound.]Definition 2024
pin
pin
English
pins (sharpened steel wire with a head)
Noun
pin (plural pins)
- A sewing pin, sometimes called a ballhead pin, which is 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.
- Milton
- With pins of adamant / And chains they made all fast.
- Milton
- 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.
- (wrestling) 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 or bowling.
- (in plural pins; informal) A leg.
- I'm not so good on my pins these days.
- (electricity) 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.
- (US) 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.
- (chess) A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to attack.
- (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
- The shot landed right on the pin.
- Shakespeare
- the very pin of his heart cleft
- (dated) A mood, a state of being.
- Cowper
- a merry pin
- Cowper
- One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
- (medicine, obsolete) caligo
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- A thing of small value; a trifle.
- Spectator
- He […] did not care a pin for her.
- Spectator
- A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
- (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
- The tenon of a dovetail joint.
- (Britain, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
Synonyms
- (small nail): nail, tack
- (cylinder of wood or metal): peg
- (games): skittle
- (jewellery fastened with a pin): brooch
- (accessory): badge
Hyponyms
- (jewellery fastened with a pin): breastpin
- (chess): absolute pin, relative pin, partial pin
Derived terms
Terms derived from pin (noun)
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Translations
needle without an eye, used for fastening
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small nail
cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
wrestling: certain victory condition
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slender object specially designed for use in bowling
informal: leg
any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
jewellery attached with a pin — see brooch
US: accessory attached with a pin
in chess
one of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup
medicine: caligo — see caligo
brewing: eighth of a barrel
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See also
Verb
pin (third-person singular simple present pins, present participle pinning, simple past and past participle pinned)
- (often followed by a preposition such as to or on) To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
- (chess, usually passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
- (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
- To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
- (computing, graphical user interface) To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.
- to pin a window to the Taskbar
- Alternative form of peen
Translations
to fasten/attach with a pin
in chess
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Derived terms
- pin down
- pin in
- pin on
- pin the tail on the donkey
- pin up
- underpin
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪn
- IPA(key): /pɪn/
Noun
pin f (plural pinnen, diminutive pinnetje n)
- peg, pin
Verb
pin
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French pin, from Latin pīnus, ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ̃/
- Homophone: pain
Noun
pin m (plural pins)
Latvian
Verb
pin
- 2nd person singular present indicative form of pīt
- 3rd person singular present indicative form of pīt
- 3rd person plural present indicative form of pīt
- 2nd person singular imperative form of pīt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of pīt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of pīt
Mandarin
Romanization
pin
- Nonstandard spelling of pīn.
- Nonstandard spelling of pín.
- Nonstandard spelling of pǐn.
- Nonstandard spelling of pìn.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin pīnus, ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”).
Noun
pin m (plural pini)
Declension
declension of pin
See also
Seta
Noun
pin
References
- transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
Turkish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowing from Armenian բույն (buyn, “nest”) (from Western Armenian pronunciation).
Noun
pin (definite accusative pini, plural pinler)
Declension
declension of pin
possessive forms of pin
| benim (my) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (yalın) | pinim | pinlerim |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | pinimi | pinlerimi |
| dative (yönelme) | pinime | pinlerime |
| locative (bulunma) | pinimde | pinlerimde |
| ablative (çıkma) | pinimden | pinlerimden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | pinimin | pinlerimin |
| senin (your) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | pinin | pinlerin |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | pinini | pinlerini |
| dative (yönelme) | pinine | pinlerine |
| locative (bulunma) | pininde | pinlerinde |
| ablative (çıkma) | pininden | pinlerinden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | pininin | pinlerinin |
| onun (her/his/its) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | pini | pinleri |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | pinini | pinlerini |
| dative (yönelme) | pinine | pinlerine |
| locative (bulunma) | pininde | pinlerinde |
| ablative (çıkma) | pininden | pinlerinden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | pininin | pinlerinin |
| bizim (our) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | pinimiz | pinlerimiz |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | pinimizi | pinlerimizi |
| dative (yönelme) | pinimize | pinlerimize |
| locative (bulunma) | pinimizde | pinlerimizde |
| ablative (çıkma) | pinimizden | pinlerimizden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | pinimizin | pinlerimizin |
| sizin (your) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | pininiz | pinleriniz |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | pininizi | pinlerinizi |
| dative (yönelme) | pininize | pinlerinize |
| locative (bulunma) | pininizde | pinlerinizde |
| ablative (çıkma) | pininizden | pinlerinizden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | pininizin | pinlerinizin |
| onların (their) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | pinleri | pinleri |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | pinlerini | pinlerini |
| dative (yönelme) | pinlerine | pinlerine |
| locative (bulunma) | pinlerinde | pinlerinde |
| ablative (çıkma) | pinlerinden | pinlerinden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | pinlerinin | pinlerinin |
predicative forms of pin
| simple present | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| ben (I am) | pinim | pinlerim* |
| sen (you are) | pinsin | pinlersin* |
| o (he/she/it is) | pin / pindir | pinler* / pinlerdir* |
| biz (we are) | piniz | pinleriz |
| siz (you are) | pinsiniz | pinlersiniz |
| onlar (they are) | pinler | pinlerdir |
| simple past | singular | plural |
| ben (I was) | pindim | pinlerdim* |
| sen (you were) | pindin | pinlerdin* |
| o (he/she/it was) | pindi | pinlerdi* |
| biz (we were) | pindik | pinlerdik |
| siz (you were) | pindiniz | pinlerdiniz |
| onlar (they were) | pindiler | pinlerdi |
| indirect / unwitnessed past | singular | plural |
| ben (I was) | pinmişim | pinlermişim* |
| sen (you were) | pinmişsin | pinlermişsin* |
| o (he/she/it was) | pinmiş | pinlermiş* |
| biz (we were) | pinmişiz | pinlermişiz |
| siz (you were) | pinmişsiniz | pinlermişsiniz |
| onlar (they were) | pinmişler | pinlermiş |
| *Not used, but perhaps rarely - chiefly grammatical formations.
Note: Plural forms are not used with adjectives. | ||
Synonyms
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բոյն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
- “pin”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
Vietnamese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [pin˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [pin˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [pɨ̞̠n˧˥]
Noun
pin
- battery
- Máy tao hết pin rồi.
- My phone is dead.
Derived terms
- đèn pin (“torch, flashlight”)
Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin pīnus (compare Middle Irish pín).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piːn/
Noun
pin m
- pine (tree or wood)
Usage notes
Modern Welsh orthography prefers the form pin to older pîn.
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| pin | bin | mhin | phin |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “pin” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.