ALL meanings of pencil
pen·cil
P p - noun Technical meaning of pencil Pictorial ENCodIng Language. On-line system to display line structures. Sammet 1969, 675. 1
- noun pencil a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing. 1
- noun pencil a stick of cosmetic coloring material for use on the eyebrows, eyelids, etc. 1
- noun pencil anything shaped or used like a pencil, as a stick of medicated material: a styptic pencil. 1
- noun pencil a narrow set of lines, light rays, or the like, diverging from or converging to a point: a pencil of sunlight. 1
- noun pencil a slender, pointed piece of a substance used for marking. 1
- noun pencil style or skill in drawing or delineation: He favored the late products of the artist's pencil. 1
- noun pencil Mathematics. the collection of lines, planes, or surfaces passing through a given point or set of points and satisfying a given equation or condition. 1
- noun pencil Archaic. an artist's paintbrush, especially for fine work. 1
- verb with object pencil to write, draw, mark, or color with, or as if with, a pencil. 1
- verb with object pencil to use a pencil on. 1
- noun pencil writing and drawing tool 1
- noun pencil tool for applying cosmetics 1
- transitive verb pencil write in pencil 1
- countable noun pencil A pencil is an object that you write or draw with. It consists of a thin piece of wood with a rod of a black or coloured substance through the middle. If you write or draw something in pencil, you do it using a pencil. 0
- verb pencil If you pencil a letter or a note, you write it using a pencil. 0
- noun pencil a thin cylindrical instrument used for writing, drawing, etc, consisting of a rod of graphite or other marking substance, usually either encased in wood and sharpened or held in a mechanical metal device 0
- noun pencil (as modifier) 0
- noun pencil something similar in shape or function 0
- noun pencil a narrow set of lines or rays, such as light rays, diverging from or converging to a point 0
- noun pencil an artist's fine paintbrush 0
- noun pencil an artist's individual style or technique in drawing 0
- verb pencil to draw, colour, or write with a pencil 0
- verb pencil to mark with a pencil 0
- noun pencil an artist's small, fine brush 0
- noun pencil the individual style or ability of an artist 0
- noun pencil a slender, rod-shaped instrument of wood, metal, etc. with a center stick of graphite, crayon, etc. that is sharpened to a point for marking, writing, and drawing 0
- noun pencil something shaped or used like a pencil 0
- noun pencil a small cosmetic stick as for darkening or redrawing the contours of the eyebrows 0
- noun pencil a stick of some medicated substance 0
- noun pencil a series of lines or rays coming to or spreading out from a point 0
- noun pencil a set of lines, planes, etc. passing through a given point or points and satisfying a given equation 0
- noun pencil all the lines passing through a given point 0
- noun pencil all the planes passing through a given line 0
- noun pencil all the circles lying in a given plane and passing through two fixed points 0
- verb transitive pencil to mark, write, or draw with or as with a pencil 0
- verb transitive pencil to use a pencil on 0