Found 3 items, similar to pin.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: pin
cocok, lencana, mencantum, mencocok, mencocokkan, peniti
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pin
pin
n 1: a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
2: when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat [syn:
fall]
3: small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or
define locations etc. [syn:
peg]
4: a number you choose and use to gain access to various
accounts [syn:
personal identification number,
PIN number
]
5: informal terms of the leg;
“fever left him weak on his
sticks” [syn:
peg,
stick]
6: axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something
that turns [syn:
pivot]
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
8: flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf
green [syn:
flag]
9: a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used
to support or fasten or attach things
10: a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the
oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn:
peg,
thole,
tholepin,
rowlock,
oarlock]
11: a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in
groups as a target [syn:
bowling pin]
[also:
pinning,
pinned]
pin
v 1: to hold fast or prevent from moving;
“The child was pinned
under the fallen tree” [syn:
trap,
immobilize,
immobilise]
2: attach or fasten with pins [ant:
unpin]
3: pierce with a pin;
“pin down the butterfly”
4: immobilize a piece
[also:
pinning,
pinned]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pin
Pin
\Pin\, v. t. (Metal Working)
To peen.
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Pin
\Pin\, v. t. [Cf.
Pen to confine, or
Pinfold.]
To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
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Pin
\Pin\, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G.
pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L.
pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different
word from pinna feather. Cf.
Fin of a fish,
Pen a
feather.]
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.
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With pins of adamant
And chains they made all fast. --Milton.
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2. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or
other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening
clothes, attaching papers, etc.
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3. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
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He . . . did not care a pin for her. --Spectator.
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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.
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5. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking
cup to mark how much each man should drink.
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6. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
[Obs.]
“The very pin of his heart cleft.” --Shak.
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7. Mood; humor. [Obs.]
“In merry pin.” --Cowper.
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8. (Med.) Caligo. See
Caligo. --Shak.
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9. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the
clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
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10. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. [Slang]
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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.
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Pin
\Pin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Pinned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pinning.] [See
Pin, n.]
To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a
garment; to pin boards together.
“As if she would pin her to
her heart.” --Shak.
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To pin one's faith upon, to depend upon; to trust to.
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