pin - Meaning in Hindi

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pin - Meaning in Hindi

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Definitions and Meaning of pin in English

PIN noun

1. a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts

   Synonyms

   PIN number, PIN, PIN, personal identification number

pin noun

1. a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target

   Synonyms

   bowling pin

2. a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

   Synonyms

   oarlock, peg, peg, rowlock, thole, tholepin

3. a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
4. a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
5. flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

   Synonyms

   flag, flag

6. cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown

   Synonyms

   pin tumbler

7. axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

   Synonyms

   pivot

8. informal terms for the leg

   Synonyms

   peg, peg, stick

   Example

   • "fever left him weak on his sticks"
9. small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

   Synonyms

   peg, peg

10. when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

    Synonyms

    fall, fall

pin verb

1. (chess) immobilize a piece
2. to hold fast or prevent from moving

   Synonyms

   immobilise, immobilize, trap

   Example

   • "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
3. attach or fasten with pins

   Example

   • "pin the needle to the shirt"
4. pierce with a pin

   Example

   • "pin down the butterfly"

Description

A pin is a device, typically pointed, used for fastening objects or fabrics together. Pins can have the following sorts of body:

• a shaft of a rigid inflexible material meant to be inserted in a slot, groove, or hole
• a shaft connected to a head and ending in a sharp tip meant to pierce one or more pieces of soft materials like cloth or paper
• a single strip of a rigid but flexible material whose length has been folded into parallel prongs in such fashion that the middle length of each curves towards the other so that, when anything is inserted between them, they act as a clamp
• two strips of a rigid material bound together by a spring at one end so that, when the spring held open, one can insert some material between the prongs at the other end that, the spring allowed to close, then clamp the inserted material.

Also see "Pin" on Wikipedia

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