pin

«pin» in Mova's school dictionary: a short, thin, sharp piece of metal with a round head… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a pin, pins; PIN — personal identification number); verb (pin, pins, pinned, pinning)

meaning for a pupil

1) A pin is a short, thin, sharp piece of metal with a round head, used to hold cloth or paper together. tree →

2) A pin is a small badge or something with a pin on the back. tree →

3) A PIN is a secret number used with a bank card or phone. tree →

4) To pin something is to fasten it with a pin. tree →

5) To pin someone down is to hold them so they cannot move. tree →

6) A pin can also be a wooden or metal peg pushed into the ground to tie an animal to, such as a picket-pin. tree →

sense in the lessons

In safety, keep pins and needles away from babies, put them back in a pin cushion, and never share your PIN or passwords. In sewing and art, pins hold fabric before stitching; drawing pins (UK) or thumbtacks (US) fix paper to a board. In bowling, you knock down pins. Phrases: «pins and needles» (tingling in a sleeping leg), «pin your hopes on», «hear a pin drop» (total silence), «safety pin».

examples

• Pin the notice to the board. tree →
• Ouch — I pricked my finger on a pin. tree →
• Keep your PIN secret. tree →
• It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. tree →
• I've got pins and needles in my foot. tree →
• She wore a flower pin on her coat. tree →
• Use a safety pin to fix your costume. tree →
• He knocked down all ten pins. tree →
• He is smaller than a picket-pin. tree →

note

Double n: pinned, pinning. «PIN» (number) is an abbreviation, so «PIN number» repeats «number». Do not confuse «pin» with «pen» or «pine».

In the corpora

• A PIN is the secret number that proves the card is yours.
• Mum pins a rota on the fridge: "Freya this Friday, Sam next Friday.
• Grown-ups help with tools: kids profiles, autoplay switched off, safe search, PINs and report buttons.
• Parental controls can ask for a PIN before films above a chosen age, such as 12 or 13+, will play.
• Voice assistants can be linked to shopping accounts, so grown-ups should set a PIN for purchases.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pin» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.