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# pin

noun (a pin, pins; PIN — personal identification number); verb (pin, pins, pinned, pinning)

«pin» 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 pin is a short, thin, sharp piece of metal with a round head, used to hold cloth or paper together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pin/#m1)
2. A pin is a small badge or something with a pin on the back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pin/#m2)
3. A PIN is a secret number used with a bank card or phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pin/#m3)
4. To pin something is to fasten it with a pin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pin/#m4)
5. To pin someone down is to hold them so they cannot move. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pin/#m5)
6. A pin can also be a wooden or metal peg pushed into the ground to tie an animal to, such as a picket-pin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pin/#m6)

### In the lessons

In safety, keep pins and needles away from babies, put them back in a pin cushion, and never share your PIN or passwords. In sewing and art, pins hold fabric before stitching; drawing pins (UK) or thumbtacks (US) fix paper to a board. In bowling, you knock down pins. Phrases: «pins and needles» (tingling in a sleeping leg), «pin your hopes on», «hear a pin drop» (total silence), «safety pin».

### Examples

- Pin the notice to the board. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pin/#x1)
- Ouch — I pricked my finger on a pin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pin/#x2)
- Keep your PIN secret. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pin/#x3)
- It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pin/#x4)
- I've got pins and needles in my foot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pin/#x5)
- She wore a flower pin on her coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pin/#x6)
- Use a safety pin to fix your costume. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pin/#x7)
- He knocked down all ten pins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pin/#x8)
- He is smaller than a picket-pin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pin/#x9)

### Note

Double n: pinned, pinning. «PIN» (number) is an abbreviation, so «PIN number» repeats «number». Do not confuse «pin» with «pen» or «pine».

## In Jewish tradition

They were made of brass, like the sockets of the courtyard. Ezekiel says vine wood is too weak even for a pin to hang a vessel on. In the primary lessons: In safety, keep pins and needles away from babies, put them back in a pin cushion, and never share your PIN or passwords. In sewing and art, pins hold fabric before stitching; drawing pins (UK) or thumbtacks (US) fix paper to a board. In bowling, you knock down pins. Phrases: «pins and needles» (tingling in a sleeping leg), «pin your hopes on», «hear a pin drop» (total silence), «safety pin».

### Examples

- the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords; (Torah EXO.35.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pin/#x1)
- And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. (Torah EXO.38.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pin/#x2)
- and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. (Torah NUM.3.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pin/#x3)
- For I have satiated the weary soul, and every pining soul have I replenished. (Prophets JER.31.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pin/#x4)
- Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? (Prophets EZK.15.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pin/#x5)
- Her hand she put to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote through his head, yea, she pierced and struck through his temples. (Prophets JDG.5.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pin/#x6)

### Note

Double n: pinned, pinning. «PIN» (number) is an abbreviation, so «PIN number» repeats «number». Do not confuse «pin» with «pen» or «pine».

## On Mova

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