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      pin
      noun
      A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
      A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
      A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
      (wrestling, professional wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
      A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
      (informal, in the plural) A leg.
      (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
      A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
      (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
      (chess) Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
      (golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
      (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
      (archery) The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
      One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
      A thing of small value; a trifle.
      A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
      (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
      The tenon of a dovetail joint.
      (UK, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
      (informal) A pinball machine.
      (locksmithing) A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
      (bodybuilding, slang) An injection of PEDs.
      A cataract of the eye.
      Acronym of personal identification number. [A number used to confirm an individual's identity, e.g. when using an ATM or a mobile phone, or when making payment using a credit card or debit card.]
      (organic chemistry) Initialism of preferred IUPAC name.
      (obsolete) A mood, a state of being.
      (medicine, obsolete) Caligo.
      verb
      (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
      (chess, usually passive voice) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
      (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
      To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
      (graphical user interface, transitive) To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
      (programming, transitive) To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
      (transitive) To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
      (bodybuilding, slang, ambitransitive) To inject for performance enhancement.
      (backgammon) To move a piece onto a blot, preventing the piece from further movement.
      Alternative form of peen. [To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.]
      Synonyms for pin
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