pin
1. a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
jewelry, jewellery
• Hyponyms:
brooch, broach, breastpin, scatter pin, stickpin,
tie tack, tiepin, scarfpin
2. flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
• Syn:
flag
• Hypernyms:
golf equipment
3. when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
• Syn:
fall
• Hypernyms:
victory, triumph
• Hyponyms:
takedown
• Part Holonyms:
wrestling match
4. a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling;
set up in triangular groups of ten as the target
• Syn:
bowling pin
• Hypernyms:
bowling equipment
• Hyponyms:
candlepin, duckpin, headpin, kingpin, ninepin,
skittle, skittle pin, tenpin
5. small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
• Syn:
peg
• Derivationally related forms:
peg (for: peg)
• Hypernyms:
marker, marking, mark
6. informal terms for the leg
- fever left him weak on his sticks
• Syn:
peg, stick
• Hypernyms:
leg
7. axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
• Syn:
pivot
• Derivationally related forms:
pivot (for: pivot)
• Hypernyms:
axis, axis of rotation
• Hyponyms:
fulcrum, pintle
8. 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
• Syn:
pin tumbler
• Hypernyms:
tumbler
• Part Holonyms:
cylinder lock
9. a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
• Hypernyms:
fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
• Hyponyms:
barrette, bitt pin, hairpin, hatpin, linchpin,
lynchpin, peg, nog, rivet, safety pin, skewer,
straight pin, wrist pin, gudgeon pin
• Part Meronyms:
head, pinhead, point, shank, stem
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
• Hypernyms:
holder
• Part Holonyms:
dinghy, dory, rowboat
1. to hold fast or prevent from moving (Freq. 2)
- The child was pinned under the fallen tree
• Syn:
trap, immobilize, immobilise
• Derivationally related forms:
immobilisation (for: immobilise), immobile (for: immobilize), immobilization (for: immobilize), immobilizing (for: immobilize)
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- The fighter managed to pin his opponent
2. attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins (Freq. 1)
- pin the needle to the shirt". "pin the blame on the innocent man
• Ant:
unpin
• Hypernyms:
fasten, fix, secure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. pierce with a pin
- pin down the butterfly
• Hypernyms:
transfix, impale, empale, spike
• Hyponyms:
skewer, spit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
4. immobilize a piece
• Topics:
chess, chess game
• Hypernyms:
attack, aggress
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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