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pin

noun

  1. ornament with a pointed wire or shaft for securing it to clothing or another accessory
  2. fastening device
  3. in amateur wrestling
  4. in chess, a situation brought on by an attacking piece in which a defending piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable defending piece on its other side to capture by the attacking piece
L3790 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. join together with a pin
L3791 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪn/ / [ˈpʰɪn]

noun

  1. Initialism of preferred IUPAC name.

verb

  1. Alternative form of peen.