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# pencil

noun (pencil, pencils); verb (pencil — to write in pencil)

«pencil» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A pencil is a thin stick of wood with grey graphite (called «lead») or colour inside, for writing and drawing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pencil/#m1)
2. A coloured pencil is a pencil for drawing in colours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pencil/#m2)
3. To pencil something in is to write it down for now, maybe to change later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pencil/#m3)

### In the lessons

a thing on the table; a counted thing («Anna has 18 pencils and shares them equally among 2 friends»); in class «sharpen your pencil», «pencil case», «write in pencil»; in everyday life drawing and colouring; in science pencil «lead» is not real lead but graphite

### Examples

- Lily had 9 pencils and lost 5. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pencil/#x1)
- Anna has 18 pencils and shares them equally among 2 friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pencil/#x2)
- A box has 10 pencils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pencil/#x3)
- Sharpen your pencil before the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pencil/#x4)
- Write your answers in pencil, so you can rub them out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pencil/#x5)
- I keep my pencils in a pencil case. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pencil/#x6)
- She drew a horse with coloured pencils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pencil/#x7)
- Don't run with a sharp pencil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pencil/#x8)
- The pencil would not go quite as it ought,--he had found that out; but the next day he tried again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pencil/#x9)

### Note

Not a fruit; no operation clue. Spelling: pen-cil, ends in -il. Pencil «lead» is graphite, not the metal lead.

## In Jewish tradition

a thing on the table; a counted thing («Anna has 18 pencils and shares them equally among 2 friends»); in class «sharpen your pencil», «pencil case», «write in pencil»; in everyday life drawing and colouring; in science pencil «lead» is not real lead but graphite

### Note

Not a fruit; no operation clue. Spelling: pen-cil, ends in -il. Pencil «lead» is graphite, not the metal lead.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pencil» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pencil/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pencil» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pencil.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «pencil» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pencil/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pencil» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/pencil.html) on Mova free.