PAWN
Dictionary entry overview: What does pawn mean?
• PAWN (noun)
The noun PAWN has 4 senses:
1. an article deposited as security
2. a person used by another to gain an end
3. (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
4. borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
Familiarity information: PAWN used as a noun is uncommon.
• PAWN (verb)
The verb PAWN has 1 sense:
1. leave as a guarantee in return for money
Familiarity information: PAWN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PAWN (noun)
Meaning:
An article deposited as security
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("pawn" is a kind of...):
pledge (a deposit of personal property as security for a debt)
Meaning:
A person used by another to gain an end
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
cat's-paw; pawn; instrument
Hypernyms ("pawn" is a kind of...):
assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)
Meaning:
(chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pawn" is a kind of...):
chess piece; chessman (any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess)
Domain category:
chess; chess game (a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king)
Meaning:
Borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("pawn" is a kind of...):
borrowing (obtaining funds from a lender)
• PAWN (verb)
Meaning:
Leave as a guarantee in return for money
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
hock; pawn; soak
Context example:
pawn your grandfather's gold watch
Hypernyms (to "pawn" is one way to...):
charge; consign (give over to another for care or safekeeping)
Domain category:
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
