Pinned vs. Pinnid — What's the Difference?

A short, straight, stiff piece of wire with a blunt head and a sharp point, used especially for fastening.

(zoology) Any pen shell in the family Pinnidae.

Something, such as a safety pin, that resembles such a piece of wire in shape or use.

A whit; a jot

A thin rod for securing the ends of fractured bones.

A peg for fixing the crown to the root of a tooth.

A cotter pin.

The part of a key stem entering a lock.

(Music) One of the pegs securing the strings and regulating their tension on a stringed instrument.

(Nautical) A belaying pin.

(Nautical) A thole pin.

An ornament fastened to clothing by means of a clasp.

A rolling pin.

One of the wooden clubs at which the ball is aimed in bowling.

A flagstick.

See fall.

Pins(Informal) The legs

(Electronics) A lead on a device that plugs into a socket to connect the device to a system.

Any of the pegs on the platen of a printer, which engage holes at the edges of paper.

Any of the styluses that form a dot matrix on a printer.

Any of the small metal prongs at the end of a connector that fit into the holes in a port.

To fasten or secure with or as if with a pin or pins.

To transfix.

To place in a position of trusting dependence

To hold fast; immobilize

(Sports) To win a fall from in wrestling.

To give (a woman) a fraternity pin in token of attachment.

Having a grain suggestive of the heads of pins. Used of leather.

Simple past tense and past participle of pin

Having (a specified kind or number of) pins.

Fastened with a pin or staple;