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pen
Noun
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A pen is a writing tool that uses ink.
She sat down with pen and paper and started a letter to her aunt.
He picked up his ballpoint pen, crossed out some words.
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A pen is a small area with a fence around it, usually for animals.
The pigs walked slowly around their pen.
pen
Verb
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If you pen something, you compose it and write it down.
The letter was penned by Shakespeare just before he died.
I penned my first song when I was in college.
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If you pen an animal, you put it in a pen.
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If someone is penned in, they are in a place and cannot get out easily.
Most of them were penned in watching the TV with their parents.
arm
Noun
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One of the upper limbs people have; arms start at the shoulder and go down to the wrist, sometimes the hand is included.
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A weapon.
arm
Verb
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To give or sell weapons to a person, group, or country.
Our taxes pay to arm the military.
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To get a tool or a weapon ready for action; to activate.
Remember to arm the alarm system.