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| 1. | [ verb ] attach with or as if with a pin | |
| Synonyms: | pin_up pin_down | |
| Examples: | "pin up a picture" |
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| Related terms: | attach | |
| 2. | [ verb ] to hold fast or prevent from moving | |
| Synonyms: | immobilize immobilise trap | |
| Examples: | "The child was pinned under the fallen tree" |
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| Related terms: | immobilisation | |
| 3. | [ verb ] attach or fasten with pins | |
| Related terms: | unpin fasten | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment | |
| Related terms: | jewelry stickpin tie_tack scatter_pin brooch | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) informal terms of the leg | |
| Synonyms: | stick peg | |
| Examples: | "fever left him weak on his sticks" |
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| Related terms: | leg | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (sport) when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat | |
| Synonyms: | fall | |
| Related terms: | victory takedown wrestling_match | |
| 7. | [ noun ] a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts | |
| Synonyms: | pin_number personal_identification_number | |
| Related terms: | number identification | |
| 8. | [ noun ] small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. | |
| Synonyms: | peg | |
| Related terms: | marker peg | |
| 9. | [ verb ] (chess) immobilize a piece, in chess | |
| Related terms: | attack chess | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (golf,games) flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green | |
| Synonyms: | flag | |
| Related terms: | golf_equipment | |
| 11. | [ noun ] (nautical) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing | |
| Synonyms: | thole tholepin rowlock oarlock peg | |
| Related terms: | holder dinghy | |
| 12. | [ noun ] 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 | |
| Related terms: | tumbler cylinder_lock | |
| 13. | [ verb ] pierce with a pin | |
| Examples: | "pin down the butterfly" |
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| Related terms: | transfix skewer | |
| 14. | [ noun ] axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns | |
| Synonyms: | pivot | |
| Related terms: | axis fulcrum pintle pivot | |
| 15. | [ noun ] a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things | |
| Related terms: | fastener peg bitt_pin rivet wrist_pin barrette toggle hairpin hatpin straight_pin linchpin safety_pin skewer point shank pinhead head | |
| 16. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 26170 | |
| 17. | [ noun ] (games) a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in groups as a target | |
| Synonyms: | bowling_pin | |
| Related terms: | bowling_equipment ninepin headpin tenpin duckpin | |
| Similar spelling: |
Pion Pino Pini pine Pina pinny pinna Pineo piano Pinney Pineau Pima |
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