--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 29 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/29/) [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 29 [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:* A pigsty is a pen or small building on a farm where pigs are kept.[↗](../../pigsty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A pigsty is a very dirty or untidy room or place.[↗](../../pigsty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pigs rolled in the mud in their pigsty.[↗](../../pigsty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer cleaned out the pigsty.[↗](../../pigsty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Your bedroom is a pigsty!» said Mum.[↗](../../pigsty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited the pigsty at the city farm.[↗](../../pigsty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the party, the kitchen looked like a pigsty.[↗](../../pigsty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The piglets slept in a corner of the pigsty.[↗](../../pigsty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "I wonder what that crowd near the pigsty means!" said the emperor, who had just come out on his balcony.[↗](../../pigsty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pika** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pika is a small, round furry mammal with short ears and no tail, related to rabbits, that lives among rocks on cold mountains in Asia and North America.[↗](../../pika/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A pika looks like a tiny hamster but is related to rabbits.[↗](../../pika/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The pika squeaked from the rocks.[↗](../../pika/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pikas gather grass to eat in winter.[↗](../../pika/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a pika on our trip to the Rocky Mountains.[↗](../../pika/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pikas cannot survive in very hot weather.[↗](../../pika/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pika hid between two big stones.[↗](../../pika/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pike** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large fish with a long body and sharp teeth that lives in rivers and lakes and eats other fish.[↗](../../pike/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A long wooden pole with a sharp metal point, used as a weapon by soldiers long ago.[↗](../../pike/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (US, short for turnpike) A main road where you pay a toll.[↗](../../pike/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (in diving and gymnastics) A position with legs straight and the body bent at the hips.[↗](../../pike/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fisherman caught a huge pike in the lake.[↗](../../pike/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A pike has very sharp teeth.[↗](../../pike/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Soldiers long ago fought with pikes.[↗](../../pike/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In gymnastics, we practised a pike jump.[↗](../../pike/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dive in the pike position with straight legs.[↗](../../pike/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pike hides in the weeds and waits for small fish.[↗](../../pike/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A gigantic pike figures also in the Kalevala.[↗](../../pike/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pilate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Bible) Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea who questioned Jesus, found no fault in him, yet allowed him to be crucified, and then washed his hands to show he took no blame.[↗](../../pilate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?"[↗](../../pilate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pilate said, "I find no fault in this man."[↗](../../pilate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd shouted, and Pilate gave in.[↗](../../pilate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pilate washed his hands in front of the people.[↗](../../pilate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Creed says Jesus "suffered under Pontius Pilate."[↗](../../pilate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum does Pilates on Tuesdays — that's an exercise, not the governor\![↗](../../pilate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pile** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pile is a lot of things put one on top of another.[↗](../../pile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To pile (up) is to put things in a pile, or to grow into a pile.[↗](../../pile/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Piles of» or «a pile of» can mean a lot of: piles of homework.[↗](../../pile/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A pile is also a big post pushed into the ground to hold up a building or bridge.[↗](../../pile/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 4 piles of 10 books.[↗](../../pile/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She made 3 piles of leaves.[↗](../../pile/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He put the cards into 5 equal piles.[↗](../../pile/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many are in each pile?[↗](../../pile/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The kids jumped into the pile of leaves.[↗](../../pile/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My clothes are in a pile on the floor.[↗](../../pile/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The snow piled up against the door.[↗](../../pile/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I have a pile of homework tonight.[↗](../../pile/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Sort the coins into piles of ten.[↗](../../pile/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · On a pile of cushions, covered with tapestry, sat the boy.[↗](../../pile/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters were piled up — the floods stood upright as a heap; the deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.[↗](../../pile/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.15.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pile/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I also will make the pile great, (Prophets EZK.24.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pile/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Take the choice of the flock, and pile also the bones under it; make it boil well, that the bones thereof may also be seethed in the midst of it.[↗](../../pile/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.24.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pile/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · For a hearth is ordered of old; yea, for the king it is prepared, deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.[↗](../../pile/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.30.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pile/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **pilgrim** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons.[↗](../../pilgrim/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history, US) The Pilgrims (Pilgrim Fathers) were English settlers who sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620.[↗](../../pilgrim/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Anyone on a long journey with a purpose.[↗](../../pilgrim/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pilgrims walked to Canterbury Cathedral.[↗](../../pilgrim/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Muslim pilgrims travel to Mecca for Hajj.[↗](../../pilgrim/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620.[↗](../../pilgrim/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A pilgrim carried a staff and a shell.[↗](../../pilgrim/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe pilgrimage brings them closer to God.[↗](../../pilgrim/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pilgrims sang as they walked.[↗](../../pilgrim/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The pilgrim was only too glad to do as he was told.[↗](../../pilgrim/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pilgrimage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A journey to a holy place for religious reasons, such as Christians going to Jerusalem or Muslims going to Mecca.[↗](../../pilgrimage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A trip to a place that is very special to you, such as a famous writer's house or a sports ground.[↗](../../pilgrimage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) A long life journey thought of as a search for something good.[↗](../../pilgrimage/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Many Christians go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.[↗](../../pilgrimage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In The Canterbury Tales the travellers are on a pilgrimage.[↗](../../pilgrimage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims try to make once in their lives.[↗](../../pilgrimage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad made a pilgrimage to the old football ground where he watched his first match.[↗](../../pilgrimage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pilgrims on the pilgrimage walked for many days.[↗](../../pilgrimage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lourdes in France is a famous place of pilgrimage.[↗](../../pilgrimage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class read about a pilgrimage across Spain.[↗](../../pilgrimage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I who have four times made the pilgrimage to Mecca, and have renounced wine for ever."[↗](../../pilgrimage/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.[↗](../../pilgrimage/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.54, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pilgrimage/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **pill** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pill is a small, round or flat piece of medicine that you swallow whole.[↗](../../pill/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «The pill» can mean a medicine some adults take every day so they do not have a baby (adult topic).[↗](../../pill/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The doctor gave me pills for my sore throat.[↗](../../pill/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Take one pill twice a day with water.[↗](../../pill/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never take pills you find.[↗](../../pill/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some pills look like sweets, so keep them out of reach.[↗](../../pill/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma keeps her pills in a box with the days of the week.[↗](../../pill/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My dog has to swallow a worm pill.[↗](../../pill/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Losing the match was a bitter pill to swallow.[↗](../../pill/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Vitamin pills are not a replacement for good food.[↗](../../pill/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **pillar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pillar is a tall, strong post of stone, wood or metal that holds up part of a building or stands as a monument.[↗](../../pillar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pillar of smoke, fire or cloud is a tall column of it.[↗](../../pillar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A pillar of a community or group is an important person or idea that supports it: a pillar of the church.[↗](../../pillar/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The temple roof stood on tall stone pillars.[↗](../../pillar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A pillar of smoke rose from the bonfire.[↗](../../pillar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · God led the Israelites with a pillar of cloud.[↗](../../pillar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa was a pillar of the community.[↗](../../pillar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Five Pillars of Islam are the main duties of Muslims.[↗](../../pillar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the UK, post boxes used to be called pillar boxes.[↗](../../pillar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We were sent from pillar to post.[↗](../../pillar/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Around and around the pillar ran the Princess.[↗](../../pillar/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.[↗](../../pillar/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.45, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pillar/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar, which the LORD thy God hateth.[↗](../../pillar/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.16.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pillar/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.[↗](../../pillar/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.19.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pillar/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.[↗](../../pillar/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.26.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pillar/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars; (Writings PRO.9.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pillar/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.[↗](../../pillar/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pillar/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **pillow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pillow is a soft bag filled with feathers, foam or cotton that you rest your head on in bed.[↗](../../pillow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pillow can also be any soft thing used like that.[↗](../../pillow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A pillow can also be put under another part of the body, such as the feet, to make it comfortable.[↗](../../pillow/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I put my head on the pillow and fell asleep.[↗](../../pillow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a pillow fight at the sleepover.[↗](../../pillow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your tooth under your pillow tonight.[↗](../../pillow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Change the pillowcase every week.[↗](../../pillow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This pillow is too flat.[↗](../../pillow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My dog sleeps on a big pillow by the fire.[↗](../../pillow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She hid her diary under her pillow.[↗](../../pillow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies should sleep without pillows.[↗](../../pillow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Because that feather pillow on my feet bothers me.”[↗](../../pillow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **pillowcase** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pillowcase is a cloth cover that goes over a pillow to keep it clean.[↗](../../pillowcase/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It can be taken off and washed.[↗](../../pillowcase/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put a clean pillowcase on your pillow.[↗](../../pillowcase/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My pillowcase has dinosaurs on it.[↗](../../pillowcase/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We wash the pillowcases every week.[↗](../../pillowcase/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · On Halloween he carried his candy in a pillowcase.[↗](../../pillowcase/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · At the party we had a pillowcase race, hopping inside them.[↗](../../pillowcase/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pillowcase was wet from my tears after the sad film.[↗](../../pillowcase/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The ones this size did not eat people, only lettuce, but they always scorched the sheets and pillowcases dreadfully.[↗](../../pillowcase/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pilot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pilot is a person who flies a plane or helicopter.[↗](../../pilot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who guides big ships into a harbour.[↗](../../pilot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To pilot is to fly or steer something.[↗](../../pilot/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A pilot test or project is a small first try to see if something works.[↗](../../pilot/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* On a long sea voyage, the pilot is the sailor who works out which way the ship should go.[↗](../../pilot/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pilot flew the plane over the sea.[↗](../../pilot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to be a pilot when she grows up.[↗](../../pilot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pilot told us to fasten our seat belts.[↗](../../pilot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A pilot boat guided the ship into the port.[↗](../../pilot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He piloted the helicopter to the hospital.[↗](../../pilot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The school is running a pilot of the new reading app.[↗](../../pilot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I was on autopilot and walked the wrong way.[↗](../../pilot/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Jason was appointed commander-in-chief of the expedition, Tiphys acted as steersman, Lynceus as pilot.[↗](../../pilot/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · At the sound of the cry of thy pilots the waves shall shake.[↗](../../pilot/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pilot/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.[↗](../../pilot/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pilot/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land, (Prophets EZK.27.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pilot/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **pim** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* An ancient Hebrew weight, about two thirds of a shekel.[↗](../../pim/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the price of the filing was a pim for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks with three teeth, and for the axes; and to set the goads.[↗](../../pim/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.13.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pim/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **pimple** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small red spot on the skin, sometimes with yellow pus in the middle.[↗](../../pimple/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A pimple appeared on his nose.[↗](../../pimple/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Teenagers often get pimples.[↗](../../pimple/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't squeeze your pimples or they get worse.[↗](../../pimple/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She had goose pimples in the cold wind.[↗](../../pimple/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Washing your face helps keep pimples away.[↗](../../pimple/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He worried about a pimple before the school photo.[↗](../../pimple/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pin is a short, thin, sharp piece of metal with a round head, used to hold cloth or paper together.[↗](../../pin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pin is a small badge or something with a pin on the back.[↗](../../pin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A PIN is a secret number used with a bank card or phone.[↗](../../pin/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To pin something is to fasten it with a pin.[↗](../../pin/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To pin someone down is to hold them so they cannot move.[↗](../../pin/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A pin can also be a wooden or metal peg pushed into the ground to tie an animal to, such as a picket-pin.[↗](../../pin/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pin the notice to the board.[↗](../../pin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ouch — I pricked my finger on a pin.[↗](../../pin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your PIN secret.[↗](../../pin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.[↗](../../pin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I've got pins and needles in my foot.[↗](../../pin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a flower pin on her coat.[↗](../../pin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a safety pin to fix your costume.[↗](../../pin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He knocked down all ten pins.[↗](../../pin/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He is smaller than a picket-pin.[↗](../../pin/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords; (Torah EXO.35.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pin/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.[↗](../../pin/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.38.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pin/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.[↗](../../pin/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.3.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pin/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For I have satiated the weary soul, and every pining soul have I replenished.[↗](../../pin/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.31.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pin/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?[↗](../../pin/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.15.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pin/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Her hand she put to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote through his head, yea, she pierced and struck through his temples.[↗](../../pin/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.5.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pin/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **pinafore** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pinafore is an apron, worn over a dress to keep it clean.[↗](../../pinafore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pinafore can also be a loose dress with no sleeves, worn over a blouse.[↗](../../pinafore/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She put on a clean white pinafore for school.[↗](../../pinafore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The girls filled their pinafores with berries.[↗](../../pinafore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gretel emptied her pinafore of pearls.[↗](../../pinafore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **pinball** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An arcade game in which you shoot a metal ball up a sloping table and use flippers to keep it bouncing off targets to score points.[↗](../../pinball/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, informal) To bounce quickly from one place to another: «The ball pinballed around the box.».[↗](../../pinball/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We played pinball at the arcade on the pier.[↗](../../pinball/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Press the buttons to move the flippers in pinball.[↗](../../pinball/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I got a high score on the pinball machine.[↗](../../pinball/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball went pinballing between the defenders.[↗](../../pinball/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pinball machines use springs, slopes and magnets.[↗](../../pinball/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Gravity pulls the pinball down the table.[↗](../../pinball/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/28/) **29** [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/30/) … 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