An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
There are two steers in the third pen.
A penitentiary, i.e. a state or federal prison for convicted felons.
They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.
A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
He took notes with a pen.
A writer, or their style.
He has a sharp pen.
A female swan.
Penalty.
England won 3-1 on pens.
Penetration.
To enclose in a pen.
Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve.
A diminutive of the female given name Penelope.
"Listen, Pen. We are here for the duration. You have to let her in a bit."
The 68th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
From Middle English penne, from Anglo-Norman penne, from Old French penne, from Latin penna (“feather”), from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to rush, fly”) (f...
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To write (an article, a book, etc.).
Prying open the crate, you discover a carefully wrapped, handwritten copy of one of Matriarch Dilinaga's treatises. It is unlikely she penned it herself, but the flowing brushwork and intricate watercolor illustrations clearly show the hand of a master scribe.