pin

Definitions of pin in various dictionaries:

noun - a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment

noun - when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

noun - small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

noun - a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts

noun - informal terms for the leg

noun - axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

noun - cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs

noun - flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

noun - a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things

noun - a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

noun - a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling

verb - to hold fast or prevent from moving

verb - attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins

verb - pierce with a pin

verb - immobilize a piece

A short, straight, stiff piece of wire with a blunt head and a sharp point, used especially for fastening.

Something, such as a safety pin, that resembles such a piece of wire in shape or use.

A whit; a jot: didn’t care a pin about the matter.

A thin rod for securing the ends of fractured bones.

A peg for fixing the crown to the root of a tooth.

A cotter pin.

The part of a key stem entering a lock.

One of the pegs securing the strings and regulating their tension on a stringed instrument.

A belaying pin.

A thole pin.

An ornament fastened to clothing by means of a clasp.

A rolling pin.

Sports.

One of the wooden clubs at which the ball is aimed in bowling.

A flagstick.

A lead on a device that plugs into a socket to connect the device to a system.

Computer Science.

Any of the pegs on the platen of a printer, which engage holes at the edges of paper.

Any of the styluses that form a dot matrix on a printer.

To fasten or secure with or as if with a pin or pins.

To transfix.

To place in a position of trusting dependence: He pinned his faith on an absurdity.

To hold fast; immobilize: The passenger was pinned under the wreckage of the truck.

To win a fall from in wrestling.

Having a grain suggestive of the heads of pins.

To fix or establish clearly: was finally able to pin down the cause of the disease.

To force (someone) to give firm opinions or precise information: The reporter pinned the governor down on the issue of capital punishment.

verb - to fasten with a pin (a slender, pointed piece of metal)

PIN - A pin is a device used for fastening objects or material together. Pins often have two components: a long body and sharp tip made of steel, or occasi...