pinned
/pɪnd/
pinned is the simple past and past participle of pin.
Meaning of pin
Verb
pin (third-person singular simple present pins, present participle pinning, simple past and past participle pinned)
- To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
- To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
- To pin down (someone).
- He pinned his opponent on the mat.
- To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
- To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
- to pin a folder to the taskbar
- Antonyms:
- unpin
- To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
- When marshaling data, the interop marshaler can copy or pin the data being marshaled.
- Antonyms:
- unpin
Adjective
pinned (not comparable)
- Having (a specified kind or number of) pins.
- a three-pinned arch
Origin of pinned
From pin + -ed.
Words formed from pinned
Phrases with pinned
- pinned on
- pinned up
- pinned back
- pinned down
- pinned posts
- pinned the meter
- pinned one's hopes on
- pinned back one's ears
- pinned one's ears back
- had one's ears pinned back
- has one's ears pinned back
- have one's ears pinned back
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Words that rhyme with pinned
Questions about pinned
- What does pinned mean?
- Pinned means having (a specified kind or number of) pins.
- What is pinned the simple past and past participle of?
- Pinned is the simple past and past participle of pin.
- What part of speech is pinned?
- Pinned is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce pinned?
- Pinned is pronounced /pɪnd/.
Words near pinned in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pinned (page history and authors); pin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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