Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- (chess) The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.
- The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
- (colloquial) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end, usually not the end that individual would prefer.
- An instance of pawning something.
- (now rare) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
- (rare) A pawn shop, pawnbroker.
Verbit
- (video games) To render one's opponent a mere pawn, especially in a real-time strategy games.
- To pledge; to stake or wager.
- To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
Esimerkit
- Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.
- “I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
- My life I never held but as a pawn / To wage against thy enemies.
- Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown.
- As the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness, so, O Lord, let this day's comfort be the earnest of to-morrow's.
- Brokers, takers of pawns, biting userers, I will not admit; yet [...] I will tolerate some kind of usery.
- As for mortgaging or pawning,[...]men will not take pawns without use [i.e. interest].
- But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it, babe.
- All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage.
- Bob pawned his watch.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | pawned | Imperfekti | pawned |
| Partisiipin preesens | pawning | Monikko | pawns |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | pawns | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | pawneth (vanhahtava) |