pinned

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/pɪnd/

adjective

Having (a specified kind or number of) pins.

“a three-pinned arch”

OriginEnglish pin ← Middle English pinne ← Old English pinn →
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of pin
adjectivepinned (not comparable)
  1. in compoundsnot comparableHaving (a specified kind or number of) pins.

    a three-pinned arch

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*pinnaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*pinn
  3. Old Englishpinn
  4. Middle Englishpinne
  5. Englishpin
  6. Englishpinned

From pin + -ed.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pinned

endwindIndgrindskinnedlindrescindSindhdownwindtinnedupwindfinnedbinnedchinnedabscindclose to the windexscindsail close to the windswindtindtrade wind
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Sounds the same

pendpenned (pin–pen merger)pendpenned (pin–pen merger)

Anagrams

Pindenendpin
Cite this entry
APA

pinned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinned

MLA

“pinned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinned. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pinned,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinned.

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