Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To enclose (animals) in a pen.

  2. (transitive)To enclose as if in a pen.

More definitions
  • confine in a fold, like sheep

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Pick that pen up off the floor.

    deHeb mal den Stift vom Boden auf. — Hastrica

  2. Pick the pen up from the floor.

    ruПодними ручку с пола. — Wezel

    deHeb mal den Stift vom Boden auf. — Hastrica

  3. He's full of pent-up anger.

  4. They bent to pick the pens up.

  5. He has a lot of pent-up anger.

Forms

pens up, penning up, penned up, penned up
Base formpen up · to pen up
3rd person singularpens up
Present participlepenning up
Past simplepenned up
Past participlepenned up

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypen up
he, she, itpens up

Past simpleLesson

all personspenned up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave penned up
he, she, ithas penned up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pen up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • confine in a fold, like sheep:fold

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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