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What (who) is PIN - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE

Pin (disambiguation); Pin (song); PIN (disambiguation); Pincode (disambiguation)

pin

FASTENING DEVICE USED AS AN AUXILIARY TOOL FOR SEWING, FOR ATTACHING PAPER TO A PINBOARD OR OTHER PURPOSES

Pins; Pin (device); Sewing pin

I

n.

metal fastener

1) a safety; straight pin

2) a bobby pin (AE; BE has hairgrip)

3) a drawing pin (BE; AE has thumbtack)

4) a pin pricks

5) (misc.) the head of a pin

tube-shaped piece of wood

6) a rolling pin

target in bowling

7) to spot ('place') pins

II

v.

1) (D; tr.) ('to trap') to pin against (pinned against the wall)

2) (D; tr.) ('to trap') to pin beneath, underneath (he was pinned beneath the car)

3) (d; tr.) ('to place') to pin on (we pinned our hopes on her)

4) (d; tr.) to pin to (her arms were pinned to her sides)

PIN

FASTENING DEVICE USED AS AN AUXILIARY TOOL FOR SEWING, FOR ATTACHING PAPER TO A PINBOARD OR OTHER PURPOSES

Pins; Pin (device); Sewing pin

Someone's PIN or PIN number is a secret number which they can use, for example, with a bank card to withdraw money from a cash machine or ATM. PIN is an abbreviation for 'personal identification number'.

N-SING: oft N n

Pin

FASTENING DEVICE USED AS AN AUXILIARY TOOL FOR SEWING, FOR ATTACHING PAPER TO A PINBOARD OR OTHER PURPOSES

Pins; Pin (device); Sewing pin

·noun Mood; humor.

II. Pin ·noun A rolling-pin.

III. Pin ·noun The tenon of a dovetail joint.

IV. Pin ·vt To Peen.

V. Pin ·noun A Linchpin.

VI. Pin ·noun A Clothespin.

VII. Pin ·noun The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.

VIII. Pin ·noun Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.

IX. Pin ·noun Caligo. ·see Caligo.

X. Pin ·noun That which resembles a pin in its form or use.

XI. Pin ·noun The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.

XII. Pin ·noun A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.

XIII. Pin ·noun A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.

XIV. Pin ·noun An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.

XV. Pin ·noun One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.

XVI. Pin ·noun To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to Join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.

XVII. Pin ·vt To Inclose; to Confine; to Pen; to Pound.

XVIII. Pin ·noun Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, ·etc.

XIX. Pin ·noun A piece of wood, metal, ·etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.

Wikipedia

PIN

A pin is a device used for fastening objects or material together.

Pin or PIN may also refer to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIN

Examples of use of PIN

1. After today, you must use your pin if your card is chip and pin enabled.

2. For larger purchases, a four–digit PIN must be entered on a keyboard as with chip–and–PIN purchases now.

3. There is also a pin–hole camera which records your fingers going over the keypad – and that‘s how they get your PIN number.

4. Retail: Pin number needed for sales Customers paying by card at the checkout could soon find themselves empty–handed if they forget their Pin number.

5. Payments group APACS warned people with chip and PIN cards that retailers could refuse to accept their cards from midnight if they did not know their pin.