Compound vs. Pen

Compoundnoun

an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined

Compoundnoun

a group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices

Compoundnoun

Anything made by combining several things.

Compoundnoun

A substance made from any combination elements.

Compoundnoun

(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.

Compoundnoun

(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example laptop, formed from lap and top.

Compoundnoun

(rail) a compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.

Compoundadjective

composed of elements; not simple

Compoundadjective

(math) dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process

Compoundadjective

(music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).

Compoundverb

(transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.

Compoundverb

(transitive) To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.

Compoundverb

(transitive) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.

Compoundverb

To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.

Compoundverb

(transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise.

Compoundverb

(intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.

Compoundverb

To compose; to constitute.

Compoundverb

To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.

Compoundverb

(transitive) To worsen a situation

Compoundnoun

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

Compoundnoun

That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.

Compoundnoun

A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.

Compoundverb

To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.

Compoundverb

To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.

Compoundverb

To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.

Compoundverb

To compose; to constitute.

Compoundverb

To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.

Compoundverb

To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; - usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.

Compoundadjective

Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.

Compoundnoun

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

Compoundnoun

a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts

Compoundnoun

an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)

Compoundverb

make more intense, stronger, or more marked;

Compoundverb

put or add together;

Compoundverb

calculate principal and interest

Compoundverb

create by mixing or combining

Compoundverb

combine so as to form a whole; mix;

Compoundadjective

of leaf shapes; of leaves composed of several similar parts or lobes

Compoundadjective

consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts;

Compoundadjective

composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony;

Pennoun

An enclosed area used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

Pennoun

(slang) A prison cell.

Pennoun

(baseball) The bullpen.

Pennoun

A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.

Pennoun

(figurative) A writer, or his style.

Pennoun

(colloquial) Marks of ink left by a pen.

Pennoun

A light pen.

Pennoun

(zoology) The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.

Pennoun

A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc.

Pennoun

(poetic) A wing.

Pennoun

A female swan.

Pennoun

penalty

Penverb

(transitive) To enclose in a pen.

Penverb

(transitive) To write (an article, a book, etc.).

Pennoun

A feather.

Pennoun

A wing.

Pennoun

An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving.

Pennoun

Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.

Pennoun

The internal shell of a squid.

Pennoun

A female swan; - contrasted with cob, the male swan.

Pennoun

A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.

Pennoun

A penitentiary[6]; a prison.

Penverb

To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet.

Penverb

To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose.

Pennoun

a writing implement with a point from which ink flows

Pennoun

an enclosure for confining livestock

Pennoun

a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play

Pennoun

a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

Pennoun

female swan

Penverb

produce a literary work;

Pennoun

an instrument for writing or drawing with ink, typically consisting of a metal nib or ball, or a nylon tip, fitted into a metal or plastic holder.

Pennoun

the occupation of writing

Pennoun

an electronic device like a pen, used in conjunction with a writing surface to enter commands or data into a computer.

Pennoun

the tapering cartilaginous internal shell of a squid.

Pennoun

a small enclosure in which sheep, pigs, or other farm animals are kept

Pennoun

a number of animals in or sufficient to fill a pen

Pennoun

any small enclosure in which someone or something can be confined

Pennoun

a covered dock for a submarine or other warship

Pennoun

(in the West Indies) a farm or plantation.

Pennoun

a female swan.

Pennoun

short for penitentiary (sense 1)

Penverb

write or compose

Penverb

put or keep (an animal) in a pen

Penverb

confine someone in a restricted space

Pen

A pen is a common writing instrument used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. Historically, reed pens, quill pens, and dip pens were used, with a nib dipped in ink.