Crossword-Solution: PENCIL
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pencil | n. | A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors. |
| Pencil | n. | A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See Graphite. |
| Pencil | n. | Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the artist, descriptive writer, etc. |
| Pencil | n. | An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point. |
| Pencil | n. | A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point. |
| Pencil | n. | A small medicated bougie. |
| Pencil | v. t. | To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PENCIL (5)
She wanted to risk it, come what might, but that was not his way; his way was with a pencil and a piece of paper, and if she confused him with suggestions he had to begin at the beginning again.
Perhaps for this reason, hackers deprecate pencil-and-paper technology and often resist using it in any but the most trivial contexts.
Sit down and write it out for me, please.” Thea beckoned him with the short yellow pencil tied to his order-book.
After some search the woman drew from her basket an old pepper-box, upon the faded label of which the wizard had written with a lead-pencil: “Powder of Life.” “Ah—here it is!” she cried, joyfully.
Then they sat together, with a slate before them, and Tom gave Becky the pencil and held her hand in his, guiding it, and so created another surprising house.
Quotes with PENCIL (3)
I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.
I… What are you saying, Zsadist?" she stammered, even though she'd heard every word. He glanced back down at the pencil in his hand and then turned to the table. Flipping the spiral notebook to a new page, he bent way over and labored on top of the paper for quite a while. Then he ripped the sheet free. His hand was shaking as he held it out. "It's messy." Bella took the paper. In a child's uneven block letters there were three words: I LOVE YOUHer lips flattened tight as her…
Love stories are written in millimeters and milliseconds with a fast, dull pencil whose marks you can barely see, they are written in miles and eons with a chisel on the side of a mountiantop
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 85 times in crossword archives (1953–2024).