Synonym: clasp, clip, fasten, hook. Similar words: pink, spin, pine, spine, damping, dipping, chopping, developing. Meaning: [pɪn] 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 3. small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. 4. a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts 5. informal terms of the leg 6. axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns 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 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 11. a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target. v. 1. to hold fast or prevent from moving 2. attach or fasten with pins 3. pierce with a pin 4. immobilize a piece.
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181. It is a bit like asking how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.
182. Given, then, that volcanoes have a predilection for the seaside, let's now pin down more precisely where they occur.
183. A pin was inserted in Pollard's leg to speed the healing process.
184. The deserted nest, neat as a pin, had a forlorn accusing air.
185. Tom kept fooling with my hair, pulling out one pin after another.
186. Cranston wears pin striped suit, Crombie overcoat and refulgent black shoes.
187. Pin the pleats as previously planned and hand stitch securely in position, close to top edge.
188. Two of my other men came running over and they had to pin me to the ground.
189. It was little wonder that, during this time, Gergiev proved difficult to pin down for a promised meeting.
190. The type of cable used in this case is a standard microphone cable fitted with 3 pin male/female connectors.
191. Judgment was reserved yesterday on the first legal moves to pin the blame for the contamination.
192. Later the gadget acquired a popular name - the safety pin - and made some one else very rich.
193. A drawing pin through the pocket ensures the holder does not fall out; comfort,(http://sentencedict.com/pin.html) security and peace at last.
194. Since flavour is an emotive as well as a factual quality, it is hard to pin down.
195. Then you take out your rolling pin and flatten it.
196. But I busted the ball right in the middle of the green, maybe twenty feet past the pin.
197. The first issue had problems with the firing pin mechanism, but that was changed.
198. The rustic studio door is marked with a pin affixing a card.
199. Short walk to shops, beach, pitch and putt, ten pin bowling, windsurfing lagoon, tennis. Free parking.
200. It was neat as a new pin and showed no signs of the going-over it had suffered when Newman was last there.
201. The instant best team in baseball, because there is nobody else to pin it on.
202. Crush biscuits either in a polythene bag using a rolling pin, or in a food processor. Melt butter.
203. She will move the pin with which she marks his whereabouts to that spot on the globe.
204. One grain of trouble would gall the clergy and the councillors like a pin under a saddle.
205. As a value for money sire he has a PIN index ranking of £54 and a semen cost of £15 a straw.
206. However, the real story of Le Pin is even more extraordinary than the astonishing prices.
207. Nearly everyone there wore a pin proclaiming their support of the union.
208. Photographs are records and documents which pin down the changing world of appearance.
209. It helped when I used to do a bit of coal-bag carrying in my spare time to earn some pin money.
210. Roll the dough into a ball and then flatten it with a rolling pin.
More similar words: pink, spin, pine, spine, damping, dipping, chopping, developing, keep in mind, keep in touch, developing countries.