Pencil - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
this artist's favorite medium is pencil
- a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face
verb
Extra examples
Use a pencil instead of a pen so you can erase your mistakes.
He penciled some notes on a piece of paper.
His descriptions are vivid; his characters are drawn with a skilful pencil.
I traded my pen for a pencil and kept writing.
The pencil rolled off the desk and fell to the floor below.
She put the pencil in her bag.
The artist works in two media , pencil and watercolor.
He was nervously drumming a pencil on the desk.
His arthritis is so bad he can barely grasp a pencil.
...a styptic pencil stops the bleeding by constringing the small blood vessels at the site of cut...
...an artist who produces monochrome pencil drawings...
...he perforated the sheet with his pencil and put it in his binder...
...absentmindedly made perforations in his paper with his pencil...
She poised her pencil above the paper and waited for the signal to begin writing.
His cramped fingers could scarcely hold the pencil.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: pencil
he/she/it: pencils
present participle: pencilling
past tense: pencilled
past participle: pencilled
singular: pencil
plural: pencils
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