pent
AdjectiveSynonyms:
shut up(p)
WordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- closely confinedSynonyms: shut up(p)
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Pen \Pen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pennedor Pent (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Penning.] [OE. pennen, AS. pennan in on-pennan to unfasten, prob. from the same source as pin, and orig. meaning, to fasten with a peg.See Pin, n. & v.] To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose. "Away with her, and pen her up." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Pent \Pent\ (p[e^]nt), p. p. or a. [From Pen, v. t.] Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up. [1913 Webster]
Here in the body pent. --J. Montgomery. [1913 Webster]
No pent-up Utica contracts your powers. --J. M. Sewall. [1913 Webster]
pent- \pent-\ (p[e^]nt), pref. Same as penta-; -- used as a combining form before vowels, as in pentoxide. [PJC]