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pin up

pin up verb: to put (e.g. a sheet of paper) on display, using a pin.

Verb

pin up (third-person singular simple present pins up, present participle pinning up, simple past and past participle pinned up)

  1. (transitive) To put (e.g. a sheet of paper) on display, using a pin.

Forms of pin up

third-person singular presentpins up
present participlepinning up
past participlepinned up
pastpinned up

Words formed from pin up

Questions about pin up

What does pin up mean?
Pin up means to put (e.g. a sheet of paper) on display, using a pin.
What part of speech is pin up?
Pin up is a verb.
What is the past tense of pin up?
The past tense of pin up is pinned up.

Words near pin up in the dictionary

  1. pin setting
  2. pin squat
  3. pin squats
  4. pin the meter
  5. pin the tail on the donkey
  6. pin up
  7. pin-brained
  8. pin-cushion
  9. pin-cushioned
  10. pin-cushioning
  11. pin-cushions

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