--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 17 description: The 1498 words of the English dictionary under P, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / P # P — The English dictionary · page 17 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* (science, formal) The fur, hair or wool covering a mammal's body.[↗](../../pelage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Arctic fox changes its pelage with the seasons.[↗](../../pelage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A seal's thick pelage keeps it warm in icy water.[↗](../../pelage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist described the colour of the bat's pelage.[↗](../../pelage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Polar bears have a dense pelage over black skin.[↗](../../pelage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pelage of a stoat turns white in winter, and it is then called ermine.[↗](../../pelage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new species has a reddish pelage.[↗](../../pelage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pelican** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pelican is a large water bird with a very long beak and a big stretchy pouch of skin under it, which it uses to scoop up fish.[↗](../../pelican/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) A pelican crossing is a road crossing with traffic lights that people control by pressing a button.[↗](../../pelican/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pelican scooped up a fish in its pouch.[↗](../../pelican/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pelicans fly in long lines just above the waves.[↗](../../pelican/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A pelican's beak can hold more than its stomach.[↗](../../pelican/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw pelicans on the jetty at the beach.[↗](../../pelican/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Press the button at the pelican crossing and wait for the green man.[↗](../../pelican/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Australian pelican has the longest beak of any bird.[↗](../../pelican/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Brown pelicans dive into the sea from high up.[↗](../../pelican/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The pelican shook the water out of its pouch.[↗](../../pelican/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Storks and pelicans flew after him in feathery bands, to accompany him to the boundaries of the garden.[↗](../../pelican/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture, and the cormorant; (Torah DEU.14.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pelican/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture; (Torah LEV.11.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pelican/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.[↗](../../pelican/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.102.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pelican/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · But the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein; and He shall stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.[↗](../../pelican/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.34.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pelican/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **pellet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small hard ball or piece of something, such as food for animals, ice or metal.[↗](../../pellet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An owl pellet is a small lump of fur and bones that an owl brings up after eating.[↗](../../pellet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We found mouse bones in the owl pellet.[↗](../../pellet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Give the rabbit a handful of pellets.[↗](../../pellet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ice pellets bounced on the car roof.[↗](../../pellet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fish ate the tiny pellets.[↗](../../pellet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Owls swallow small animals whole.[↗](../../pellet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some stoves burn wood pellets.[↗](../../pellet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pelt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* noun.[↗](../../pelt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The skin of an animal with the fur or hair still on it.[↗](../../pelt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* verb: To throw many things at someone or something quickly.[↗](../../pelt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "pelt with snowballs".[↗](../../pelt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* verb: (of rain or hail) To fall very hard.[↗](../../pelt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "It's pelting down."[↗](../../pelt/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* verb: (informal) To run very fast.[↗](../../pelt/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "He pelted down the road."[↗](../../pelt/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (at full pelt) As fast as possible.[↗](../../pelt/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They pelted each other with snowballs.[↗](../../pelt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It was pelting down with rain all day.[↗](../../pelt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fur traders sold beaver pelts.[↗](../../pelt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He pelted down the hill at full pelt.[↗](../../pelt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd pelted the stage with flowers.[↗](../../pelt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hail pelted against the windows.[↗](../../pelt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox had a thick red pelt.[↗](../../pelt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant came full pelt, but past the rock he could not go.[↗](../../pelt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **pelvic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Of or near the pelvis, the bowl-shaped group of bones at the bottom of your body that joins your spine to your legs.[↗](../../pelvic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (pelvic fin) One of a pair of fins on the underside of a fish.[↗](../../pelvic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pelvic bones hold up the top half of your body.[↗](../../pelvic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Your thigh bone fits into a socket in the pelvic bone.[↗](../../pelvic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fish has small pelvic fins underneath.[↗](../../pelvic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · X-rays showed a pelvic injury after the fall.[↗](../../pelvic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The skeleton's pelvic bones look like a butterfly.[↗](../../pelvic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some snakes still have tiny pelvic bones from their ancestors.[↗](../../pelvic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pelvis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The pelvis is the large ring of bones at the bottom of your spine that joins your legs to your body; your hips are part of it.[↗](../../pelvis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pelvis connects the spine to the legs.[↗](../../pelvis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Your hip bones are part of your pelvis.[↗](../../pelvis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She broke her pelvis in a fall.[↗](../../pelvis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The femur fits into the pelvis at the hip joint.[↗](../../pelvis/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We labelled the pelvis on the skeleton diagram.[↗](../../pelvis/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pelvis protects organs like the bladder.[↗](../../pelvis/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pen is a tool for writing or drawing with ink.[↗](../../pen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pen is also a small fenced place for animals, like a sheep pen or pig pen.[↗](../../pen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To pen is to write: «she penned a letter».[↗](../../pen/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To pen in animals is to shut them in a pen.[↗](../../pen/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has 8 pens.[↗](../../pen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each pen costs 2 dollars.[↗](../../pen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pigs are in a pen.[↗](../../pen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pen has 4 sheep in it.[↗](../../pen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please write your name in blue pen.[↗](../../pen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My pen ran out of ink.[↗](../../pen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer built a pen for the lambs.[↗](../../pen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I have a pen pal in New Zealand.[↗](../../pen/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She penned a short poem.[↗](../../pen/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The tongue is, as it were, the descriptive pen of all the spiritual issues, and the genital parts are the originators of the corporeal substances.[↗](../../pen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../pen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Lo, certainly in vain hath wrought the vain pen of the scribes.[↗](../../pen/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.8.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pen/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever\![↗](../../pen/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.19.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pen/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I say: 'My work is concerning a king'; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.[↗](../../pen/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.45.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pen/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **penalise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To penalise someone is to punish them for breaking a rule or law, for example with a penalty, a fine or lost points.[↗](../../penalise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To penalise can also mean to put someone at an unfair disadvantage.[↗](../../penalise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The referee penalised the team for a high tackle.[↗](../../penalise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You will be penalised if you hand in your project late.[↗](../../penalise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Drivers are penalised for speeding.[↗](../../penalise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The judges penalised the dancer for stepping off the stage.[↗](../../penalise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The new rule penalises families who live far from school.[↗](../../penalise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the quiz, wrong answers are penalised with minus one point.[↗](../../penalise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was penalised two points for poor spelling.[↗](../../penalise/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **penalty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A penalty is a punishment for breaking a rule or a law, such as paying money (a fine).[↗](../../penalty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In sports like football (soccer), rugby or hockey, a penalty is a free chance given to one team because the other team broke a rule; in football it is a shot at goal from a spot near the goal.[↗](../../penalty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The referee gave our team a penalty.[↗](../../penalty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She scored the penalty and we won 2–1.[↗](../../penalty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The match ended in a penalty shoot-out.[↗](../../penalty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a penalty for returning library books late.[↗](../../penalty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dropping litter can bring a penalty of fifty dollars.[↗](../../penalty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In hockey a player who trips someone goes to the penalty box.[↗](../../penalty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The penalty for cheating on the test was a zero.[↗](../../penalty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And if he failed, his head would pay the penalty.[↗](../../penalty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **penance** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) Penance is something a person does to show they are sorry for a sin, such as saying prayers or doing a good deed, especially after confession in the Catholic Church.[↗](../../penance/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church) Penance is also the name of the sacrament of confession (also called reconciliation).[↗](../../penance/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Something unpleasant you have to put up with, as if as a punishment: «Waiting in the queue was a penance».[↗](../../penance/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After confession the priest gave her a penance of three prayers.[↗](../../penance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He cleaned the kitchen as a penance for breaking the cup.[↗](../../penance/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Middle Ages, some people walked to holy places to do penance.[↗](../../penance/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Catholics also call confession the sacrament of penance.[↗](../../penance/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Listening to my brother's music was a real penance.[↗](../../penance/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lent is a time of prayer and penance for many Christians.[↗](../../penance/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She did penance by giving her pocket money to charity.[↗](../../penance/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Psyche had to undergo a long and severe penance before she became worthy to regain the happiness, which she had so foolishly trifled away.[↗](../../penance/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **pencil** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pencil is a thin stick of wood with grey graphite (called «lead») or colour inside, for writing and drawing.[↗](../../pencil/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A coloured pencil is a pencil for drawing in colours.[↗](../../pencil/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To pencil something in is to write it down for now, maybe to change later.[↗](../../pencil/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lily had 9 pencils and lost 5.[↗](../../pencil/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Anna has 18 pencils and shares them equally among 2 friends.[↗](../../pencil/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A box has 10 pencils.[↗](../../pencil/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sharpen your pencil before the test.[↗](../../pencil/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Write your answers in pencil, so you can rub them out.[↗](../../pencil/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I keep my pencils in a pencil case.[↗](../../pencil/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She drew a horse with coloured pencils.[↗](../../pencil/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't run with a sharp pencil.[↗](../../pencil/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The pencil would not go quite as it ought,--he had found that out; but the next day he tried again.[↗](../../pencil/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **pendant** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* An ornament that hangs down, like a jewel on a chain or an earring.[↗](../../pendant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* the pendants, and the bracelets, and the veils; (Prophets ISA.3.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pendant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · girded with girdles upon their loins, with pendant turbans upon their heads, all of them captains to look upon, the likeness of the sons of Babylon, even of Chaldea, the land of their nativity.[↗](../../pendant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.23.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pendant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **pendent** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Hanging down, or depending on something else.[↗](../../pendent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* § 12 The five vowels stand each one by itself, but the twenty- seven consonants are all de- pendent on tlie vowels.[↗](../../pendent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../pendent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **pending** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pending means waiting to be decided, done or finished.[↗](../../pending/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) As a preposition, pending means until something happens: «pending further notice».[↗](../../pending/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My order is still pending.[↗](../../pending/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The match is postponed pending a pitch inspection.[↗](../../pending/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Your application is pending.[↗](../../pending/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The decision is pending until Monday.[↗](../../pending/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The download shows «pending».[↗](../../pending/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The library is closed pending repairs.[↗](../../pending/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The payment is pending, so it hasn't arrived yet.[↗](../../pending/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We have three pending tasks on the list.[↗](../../pending/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Your honor," he said, "the case has now been pending for six weeks.[↗](../../pending/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **pendulum** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pendulum is a weight hanging from a fixed point on a string or rod, which swings backwards and forwards.[↗](../../pendulum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The swinging part of some old clocks, like a grandfather clock, which keeps the clock on time.[↗](../../pendulum/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The idea of something changing from one extreme to the other and back again, like the «pendulum of opinion».[↗](../../pendulum/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pendulum of the grandfather clock swung slowly.[↗](../../pendulum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We timed ten swings of the pendulum and divided by ten.[↗](../../pendulum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A longer pendulum swings more slowly.[↗](../../pendulum/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Changing the weight did not change the pendulum's time much.[↗](../../pendulum/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Galileo noticed a lamp swinging like a pendulum in a church.[↗](../../pendulum/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The hypnotist swung a watch like a pendulum.[↗](../../pendulum/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The pendulum of fashion has swung back to wide trousers.[↗](../../pendulum/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A playground swing is a kind of pendulum.[↗](../../pendulum/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The pendulum of the great clock went to and fro, and the hands turned, and everything in the room became still older; but they did not observe it.[↗](../../pendulum/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **penetrate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To penetrate something is to go into it or through it, often with effort: the nail penetrated the wood.[↗](../../penetrate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To penetrate a group or market is to get into it successfully.[↗](../../penetrate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To penetrate an idea or mystery is to understand it.[↗](../../penetrate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To penetrate can also mean to reach deep inside someone's feelings, so that they are touched.[↗](../../penetrate/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sunlight cannot penetrate the deep ocean.[↗](../../penetrate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The roots penetrated deep into the soil.[↗](../../penetrate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cold penetrated through his thin coat.[↗](../../penetrate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · X-rays penetrate skin but not bone.[↗](../../penetrate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The torch could not penetrate the thick fog.[↗](../../penetrate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain penetrated the old roof.[↗](../../penetrate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · These pitying words penetrated to Inge's inmost heart, and seemed to do her good.[↗](../../penetrate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **penguin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A black-and-white sea bird that cannot fly, swims very well using its wings as flippers, and lives mostly in the cold far south.[↗](../../penguin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Penguins cannot fly, but they are great swimmers.[↗](../../penguin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Emperor penguins huddle together to keep warm.[↗](../../penguin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The penguin waddled across the ice.[↗](../../penguin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Penguins live in the south, not at the North Pole with polar bears.[↗](../../penguin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Little penguins come ashore at night in Australia and New Zealand.[↗](../../penguin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A penguin's black back and white front help it hide in the sea.[↗](../../penguin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Penguins eat fish, squid and krill.[↗](../../penguin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The father penguin keeps the egg warm on his feet.[↗](../../penguin/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **penicillin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A medicine made from a mould that kills many bacteria; it is an antibiotic used to treat infections.[↗](../../penicillin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doctor gave me penicillin for my sore throat.[↗](../../penicillin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by accident.[↗](../../penicillin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Penicillin is made from a mould.[↗](../../penicillin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My mum is allergic to penicillin.[↗](../../penicillin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Penicillin kills bacteria but not viruses.[↗](../../penicillin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Finish the whole course of penicillin.[↗](../../penicillin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **peninsula** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A peninsula is a piece of land that is almost surrounded by water but joined to a larger piece of land on one side.[↗](../../peninsula/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Famous peninsulas include Florida, Italy, Cape York in Australia and the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal).[↗](../../peninsula/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Florida is a peninsula in the south-east of the USA.[↗](../../peninsula/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Italy is a peninsula shaped like a boot.[↗](../../peninsula/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We drove to the end of the peninsula to see the lighthouse.[↗](../../peninsula/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A peninsula has water on three sides.[↗](../../peninsula/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand has lovely beaches.[↗](../../peninsula/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · On the map, colour the peninsula green.[↗](../../peninsula/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In particular, the majority of the Drolls or comic tales and jingles can be traced, without much difficulty, back to the Indian peninsula.[↗](../../peninsula/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/16/) **17** 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