Found 2 items, similar to pent.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pent
pent
adj : closely confined [syn:
shut up(p)]
pen
v : produce a literary work;
“She composed a poem”;
“He wrote
four novels” [syn:
write,
compose,
indite]
[also:
pent,
penning,
penned]
pen
n 1: a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
2: an enclosure for confining livestock
3: a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
[syn:
playpen]
4: a correctional institution for those convicted of major
crimes [syn:
penitentiary]
5: female swan
[also:
pent,
penning,
penned]
pent
See
pen
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pent
Pen
\Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Pennedor
Pent (?); p. pr. &
vb. n.
Penning.] [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on-pennan to
unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig.
meaning, to fasten with a peg.See
Pin, n. & v.]
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.
“Away with her, and pen her up.” --Shak.
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Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve.
--Milton.
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Pent
\Pent\, p. p. or a. [From
Pen, v. t.]
Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up.
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Here in the body pent. --J.
Montgomery.
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No pent-up Utica contracts your powers. --J. M.
Sewall.
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