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Substantiivit

1. A small device, made (usually) of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
2. A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
3. A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
4. The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
5. A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
6. (in plural pins; informal) A leg.
7. (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
8. A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
9. (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
10. (chess) A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to attack.
11. (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
12. (dated) A mood, a state of being.
13. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
14. (medicine, obsolete) caligo
15. A thing of small value; a trifle.
16. A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
17. (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
18. The tenon of a dovetail joint.

Verbit

1. (often followed by a preposition such as to or on) To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
2. (chess, usually, in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
3. (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
4. To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
5. (computing, GUI) To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.