pencil

  • 21pencil — n. 1) an indelible; lead pencil 2) a cosmetic, eyebrow pencil 3) a styptic pencil * * * [ pens(ə)l] eyebrow pencil lead pencil a cosmetic a styptic pencil an indelible …

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  • 22pencil — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ blunt, sharp ▪ soft ▪ sharpened ▪ stubby ▪ broken ▪ …

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  • 23pencil — pen•cil [[t]ˈpɛn səl[/t]] n. v. ciled, cil•ing (esp. brit.) cilled, cil•ling. 1) a slender tube of wood, metal, etc., containing a core of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing 2) a stick of cosmetic… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 24pencil —    1. the penis    From the shape and construction rather than the shared Latin ancestry. Now only as lead in your pencil, although Partridge gave pencil and tassel as a child s penis and scrotum (DSUE).    2. not legally binding    Attributive… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 25pencil*/*/ — [ˈpens(ə)l] noun [C] I a long thin wooden object that you use for writing or drawing a coloured pencil[/ex] II (present participle pencilling; past tense and past participle pencilled) verb [T] pencil [ˈpens(ə)l] to write or draw something with a …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 26pencil — /ˈpɛnsəl / (say pensuhl) noun 1. a thin tube of wood, etc., with a core of graphite, chalk, or the like, for drawing or writing. 2. style or skill in painting or delineation. 3. a slender, pointed piece of some marking substance. 4. a stick of… …

  • 27pencil — I. noun Etymology: Middle English pensel, from Anglo French pincel, from Vulgar Latin *penicellus, alteration of Latin penicillus, diminutive of peniculus brush, from diminutive of penis tail, penis Date: 14th century 1. an artist s brush 2. an… …

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  • 28pencil sb in — UK US pencil sb/sth in Phrasal Verb with pencil({{}}/ˈpensəl/ verb (UK ll , US l ) ► to make an arrangement with someone to do something knowing that the time or date may need to be changed: »Let s pencil a meeting in for next Thursday at 11 …

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  • 29pencil — n 1. lead pencil, lead, automatic pencil, writing instrument; crayon, chalk, pastel, felt tipped pen, Trademark. Magic Marker, Trademark. Flair. 2. ray, beam, shaft, stream; finger, stem, bar, rod, stick. v 3.(all with pencil) sketch, draw, trace …

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  • 30pencil in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pencil in : present tense I/you/we/they pencil in he/she/it pencils in present participle pencilling in past tense pencilled in past participle pencilled in to arrange for something to happen or for someone to …

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