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pencil
[ pen-suhl ]
noun
- a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- a stick of cosmetic coloring material for use on the eyebrows, eyelids, etc.
- anything shaped or used like a pencil, as a stick of medicated material:
a styptic pencil.
- a narrow set of lines, light rays, or the like, diverging from or converging to a point:
a pencil of sunlight.
- a slender, pointed piece of a substance used for marking.
- style or skill in drawing or delineation:
He favored the late products of the artist's pencil.
- Mathematics. the collection of lines, planes, or surfaces passing through a given point or set of points and satisfying a given equation or condition.
- Archaic. an artist's paintbrush, especially for fine work.
verb (used with object)
- to write, draw, mark, or color with, or as if with, a pencil.
- to use a pencil on.
verb phrase
- to schedule or list tentatively, as or as if by writing down in pencil rather than in ink:
I'll pencil you in for ten o'clock.
pencil
/ ˈɛԲə /
noun
- a thin cylindrical instrument used for writing, drawing, etc, consisting of a rod of graphite or other marking substance, usually either encased in wood and sharpened or held in a mechanical metal device
- ( as modifier )
a pencil drawing
- something similar in shape or function
an eyebrow pencil
a styptic pencil
- a narrow set of lines or rays, such as light rays, diverging from or converging to a point
- archaic.an artist's fine paintbrush
- rare.an artist's individual style or technique in drawing
verb
- to draw, colour, or write with a pencil
- to mark with a pencil
- pencil into note, arrange, include, etc provisionally or tentatively
Derived Forms
- ˈԳ, noun
Other Word Forms
- c· especially British, c· noun
- c· adjective
- ܲ·c adjective
- ܲ·c adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of pencil1
Idioms and Phrases
see put lead in one's pencil .Example Sentences
Dav's illustration featured only a pencil and sheet of white paper - tools he said are "all you need to start being an artist".
A friend from Colorado persuaded Lam to set up an Amazon wish list, which was filled with modest asks: pencils, glue, scissors and paper.
The dual signature routine continued for more than six decades as his career unfolded, until finally Bachardy largely retired his pencil, pen and brush in 2022.
“Is there a change in text that needs to happen?” asks Keiko Green, binder and pencil in hand.
Betts was penciled in to start at shortstop, arriving at the ballpark with his symptoms subsiding.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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