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Stift — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • peg noun A small wooden or metal pin used to fasten, hang, or mark something.
  • pen noun A handheld tool used for writing or drawing with ink.
  • pin noun A short, thin, pointed piece of metal used to fasten things together, such as fabric.
  • pintle noun A pin on the buckle of a belt used to fit into the holes of the belt and hold it at the desired level of tightness.
  • quill noun The hollow central shaft of a bird's feather.
  • tine noun A pointed prong, such as one of the points of a fork or a comb tooth.

Senses

Stift is used for these senses in English:

  • peg A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
  • peg (cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
  • pen A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
  • pintle (nautical) A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
  • quill (by extension) Any pen.
  • tine A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.

peg — full definition

  1. noun A small wooden or metal pin used to fasten, hang, or mark something.
  2. verb To fasten with a peg, or to fix a price or value at a set level.
  3. verb To throw something, especially a ball, often hard.

pen — full definition

  1. noun A handheld tool used for writing or drawing with ink.
  2. noun A small fenced enclosure for keeping animals.
  3. verb To write something, especially a piece of text.
  4. verb To shut an animal or person into an enclosed space.

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