The Meaning of pin

• (v. t.) To peen.
• (v. t.) To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.
• (n.) Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
• (n.) That which resembles a pin in its form or use
• (n.) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
• (n.) A linchpin.
• (n.) A rolling-pin.
• (n.) A clothespin.
• (n.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
• (n.) The tenon of a dovetail joint.
• (n.) One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.
• (n.) The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
• (n.) Mood; humor.
• (n.) Caligo. See Caligo.
• (n.) An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
• (n.) The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.
• (n.) To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.

Synonyms

fall , flag , stick , personal identification number , pin tumbler , pivot , rowlock , tholepin , oarlock , peg , thole , bowling pin , crepuscule , dip , surrender , twilight , spill , gloaming , downslope , tumble , declivity , decline , declination , descent , autumn , evenfall , gloam , downfall , declension , crepuscle , nightfall , dusk , free fall , drop , capitulation , wooden leg , nog , leg , pegleg , reefer , joystick , control stick , joint , spliff , marijuana cigarette , pivot man , masthead , flagstone , signal flag , sword lily , fleur-de-lis , iris , trap , ensnare , freeze , entrap , pin down , immobilize , snare , trammel , block , immobilise

Antonyms

unpin

Homophones

pinn

Rhymes

adin , akin , allin , allphin , alpin , amylin , askin , aslin , astin , aswin , atkin , bedouin , been , begin , bergin , berlin , bihn , bin , binn , blinn , boleyn , bongjin , brin , brinn , bryn , buckskin , bushkin , chagrin , chang-hsin , chin , chinh , chinn , dechine , deerskin , din , eldwin , elkin , emlyn , ervin , erwin , fin , finn , finne , flinn , flynn , foreskin , gin , ginn , glavine , glyn , glynn , grin , gwin , gwinn , gwyn , gwynn , gwynne , gyn , hamelin , has-been , herein , hinn , in , inn , itkin , jin , jocelin , joceline , jocelyn , jocelyne , kamin , katyn , kaylynn , kin , kingpin , kinn , kinne , knin , kyoung-min , levin , ligne , lin , linchpin , linh , linn , linne , lwin , lyn , lynn , mandolin , mcginn , mcguinn , mclin , mclinn , mcminn , mcquinn , mihn , min , minh , pigskin , pinn , prynne , puffin , qian , qin , quin , quinn , redskin , rinn , rinne , schwinn , sheepskin , shin , shinn , sin , sinn , skin , solzhenitsyn , spin , syn , tailspin , therein , thin , tin , trinh , twin , underpin , underspin , verduin , vin , violin , when , wherein , win , winn , winne , within , wynn , wynne , yalin , yan-bin , yin