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Noun (11 meanings)
1. a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment.
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- takedown (noun) - (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position
pin is a part of:
- wrestling match (noun) - a match between wrestlers
4. a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts.
pin is a type of:
- number, identification number (noun) - a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification
Example:
- “fever left him weak on his sticks”
pin is a type of:
- leg (noun) - a human limb
7. 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.
pin is a type of:
- tumbler (noun) - a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown
pin is a part of:
- cylinder lock (noun) - a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt
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- golf equipment (noun) - sports equipment used in playing golf
9. a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things.
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- fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing (noun) - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
types of pin:
- barrette (noun) - a pin for holding women's hair in place
- bitt pin (noun) - a pin through the bitthead to keep the mooring lines from slipping off
- hairpin (noun) - a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place
- hatpin (noun) - a long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair
- linchpin, lynchpin (noun) - pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on
- peg, nog (noun) - a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- rivet (noun) - heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together
- safety pin (noun) - a pin in the form of a clasp
- skewer (noun) - a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted
- straight pin (noun) - pin consisting of a short straight stiff piece of wire with a pointed end
- wrist pin, gudgeon pin (noun) - pin joining a piston to a connecting rod
parts of pin:
- head (noun) -
- pinhead (noun) - the head of a pin
- point (noun) - sharp end
- shank, stem (noun) - cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
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10. a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.
11. a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target.
pin is a type of:
- bowling equipment (noun) - equipment used in bowling
types of pin:
- candlepin (noun) - a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin
- duckpin (noun) - a bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpin
- headpin, kingpin (noun) - the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins
- ninepin, skittle, skittle pin (noun) - a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles
- tenpin (noun) - one of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling
Verb (4 meanings)
1. to hold fast or prevent from moving.
to trap, pin, immobilize, immobilise
Example:
- “The child was pinned under the fallen tree”
to pin is derivationally related to:
- immobile (adjective) - not capable of movement or of being moved
- immobilization, immobilisation, immobilizing (noun) - the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement
- immobilization, immobilisation (noun) - fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing
2. attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins; "pin the needle to the shirt". "pin the blame on the innocent man".
to pin
3. pierce with a pin.
to pin
Example:
- “pin down the butterfly”
to pin is a way to:
ways to pin:
to pin is derivationally related to:
- pin (noun) - a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
4. immobilize a piece.
to pin
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Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- chess, chess game (noun) - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules