noun
- A mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin.
verb
- To hold fast or prevent from moving.
- usage: "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
- synonyms: trap, pin, immobilize, immobilise
- Attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins.
- usage: "pin the needle to the shirt". "pin the blame on the innocent man"
- synonyms: pin
- Pierce with a pin.
- usage: "pin down the butterfly"
- synonyms: pin
- Immobilize a piece.
- synonyms: pin
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