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pencil

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. pencil (verb)
  2. penciling (noun)
  3. blue-pencil (verb)
  4. red-pencil (verb)

2pencil

verb
penciled or pencilledpencil·ing or pencil·ling \-s(ə-)liŋ\

Definition of PENCIL

transitive verb
1
: to paint, draw, write, or mark with a pencil
2
: to plan or designate tentatively —used with in <penciled him in as the nominee>
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Examples of PENCIL

  1. He penciled some notes on a piece of paper.

First Known Use of PENCIL

circa 1532

Rhymes with PENCIL

stencil

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