pen in (English, verb)
expansion: pen in (third-person singular simple present pens in, present participle penning in, simple past and past participle penned in)
Senses:
glosses: To enclose (animals) in a pen.
glosses: To enclose (animals) in a pen.
To cause to be stuck in a situation; to be forced into a situation by circumstances.
tags: broadly
figuratively
glosses: To schedule; fix a date for.
Forms:
form: pens in
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: penning in
tags: participle
present
form: penned in
tags: participle
past
form: penned in
tags: past