Pent

Pent
Pen Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penned}or {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. [1913 Webster]

Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]


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  • pent- — pent(a) ♦ Élément, du gr. pente « cinq ». pent(a) élément, du grec pente, cinq . ⇒PENT(A) , PENT(É) , (PENT , PENTA , PENTÉ )élém. formant Élém. tiré du gr. «cinq …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Pent- — [↑ Penta ] Zahlwortstamm in Namen von Verb. oder Gruppen mit 5 C Atomen, z. B. Pentanol, Penten, Pentyl , vgl. Isopent . * * * pent , Pent : ↑ penta , Penta . * * * pent , Pent : ↑penta , ↑Penta . pen|ta , Pen|ta …   Universal-Lexikon

  • pent-up — [ˌpent ˈʌp] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: pent an old past participle of pen; PEN12] pent up feelings or energy have not been expressed or used for a long time ▪ years of pent up anger and frustration …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pent — prt. žr. bent: Pent tris arba keturis kartus DP135. Pent vieną ašarėlę DP32. Juos baisiai plakė, idant pent tuo būdu jop grįžtų DP80. Rūpinkimės, idant pent mažiausiaisiais būtumbim karalystoje DP485 …   Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language

  • Pent — Pent, p. p. or a. [From {Pen}, v. t.] Penned or shut up; confined; often with up. [1913 Webster] Here in the body pent. J. Montgomery. [1913 Webster] No pent up Utica contracts your powers. J. M. Sewall. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pent-up — /pent up /, adj. confined; restrained; not vented or expressed; curbed: pent up emotions; pent up rage. [1705 15; adj. use of v. phrase pent up] Syn. repressed, suppressed, bottled up. * * * …   Universalium

  • pent-up — [ ,pent ʌp ] adjective a pent up emotion is a strong feeling that you do not express and that gradually becomes more difficult to control: pent up excitement/frustration/fear …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pent up — UK [ˌpent ˈʌp] US adjective pent up emotions are strong feelings, for example anger, that you do not express so that they gradually become more difficult to control pent up excitement/​frustration/​fear Thesaurus: general words used to describe… …   Useful english dictionary

  • pent-up — UK US /ˌpentˈʌp/ adjective [before noun] ► ECONOMICS used to describe strong demand for a product that has not had the opportunity of being expressed as sales, for example because consumers have had too little money: »Sales of heavy lorries… …   Financial and business terms

  • pent — kept in, confined, mid 16c., variant of penned, pp. of the verb from PEN (Cf. pen) (2). Pent up (also pent up) is from 1580s …   Etymology dictionary

  • pent-up — [pent′up′] adj. held in check; curbed; confined [pent up emotion] …   English World dictionary

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