Definitions from Wiktionary (pawn)
▸ noun: (chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
▸ noun: (figurative) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
▸ noun: (uncountable) The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
▸ noun: An instance of pawning something.
▸ noun: (archaic) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
▸ noun: (rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
▸ verb: (transitive) To pledge; to stake or wager.
▸ verb: (transitive) To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
▸ noun: A gallery.
▸ noun: Alternative form of paan [(India) A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.]
▸ verb: (video games) Alternative form of pwn [(Internet slang, online gaming, originally leet, ambitransitive) To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).]
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▸ noun: (chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
▸ noun: (figurative) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
▸ noun: (uncountable) The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
▸ noun: An instance of pawning something.
▸ noun: (archaic) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
▸ noun: (rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
▸ verb: (transitive) To pledge; to stake or wager.
▸ verb: (transitive) To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
▸ noun: A gallery.
▸ noun: Alternative form of paan [(India) A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.]
▸ verb: (video games) Alternative form of pwn [(Internet slang, online gaming, originally leet, ambitransitive) To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).]
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instrument,
soak,
hock,
chesspiece,
chess piece,
material,
king's pawn,
knight,
pawn cube,
king's knight's pawn,
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