pencil
nounDefinition of pencil
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: an artist's brush
2
: an artist's individual skill or style
3a
: an implement for writing, drawing, or marking consisting of or containing a slender cylinder or strip of a solid marking substance
b
: a small medicated or cosmetic roll or stick for local applications
4
: a set of geometric objects each pair of which has a common property
the lines in a plane through a point comprise a pencil of lines
5
: something (such as a beam of radiation) long and thin like a pencil
pencil
verbDefinition of pencil (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: to paint, draw, write, or mark with a pencil
2
: to plan or designate tentatively
—used with in penciled him in as the nominee
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