Pencil
noun
A tool for writing or drawing, typically a thin cylinder of graphite, encased in a wooden or plastic tube.
She pulled out a pencil and a piece of paper to write a note.
Often appears as...
- sharp pencil
- broken pencil
verb
To write, draw, or color something using a pencil.
She pencilled a sketch of her house on the back of the envelope.
Often appears as...
- pencil in
- pencil out
verb
To plan or schedule something provisionally or tentatively.
We've pencilled in a meeting for next Tuesday.
Often appears as...
- pencil in a date
- pencil in an appointment
noun
A small cosmetic stick used to color one's eyelids or eyebrows.
She applied an eyeliner with a pencil.
Often appears as...
- eyebrow pencil
- eyeliner pencil
noun
A tool for writing or drawing, typically a thin cylinder of graphite, encased in a wooden or plastic tube.
She pulled out a pencil and a piece of paper to write a note.
Often appears as...
- sharp pencil
- broken pencil
verb
To write, draw, or color something using a pencil.
She pencilled a sketch of her house on the back of the envelope.
Often appears as...
- pencil in
- pencil out
verb
To plan or schedule something provisionally or tentatively.
We've pencilled in a meeting for next Tuesday.
Often appears as...
- pencil in a date
- pencil in an appointment
noun
A small cosmetic stick used to color one's eyelids or eyebrows.
She applied an eyeliner with a pencil.
Often appears as...
- eyebrow pencil
- eyeliner pencil
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Pro Tip 1/3Writing Instrument
A pencil is specifically for writing or artistic drawing, not suitable for other uses.
I used a pencil to complete the crossword puzzle.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Permanent
Pencil marks can be erased, making them less permanent than pens.
I draft essays in pencil so I can make changes easily.
Pro Tip 3/3Variety of Hardness
Pencils come in different hardness levels, affecting the darkness of the lines.
For darker lines, choose a softer pencil like 2B.
Pro Tip 1/3Writing Instrument
A pencil is specifically for writing or artistic drawing, not suitable for other uses.
I used a pencil to complete the crossword puzzle.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Permanent
Pencil marks can be erased, making them less permanent than pens.
I draft essays in pencil so I can make changes easily.
Pro Tip 3/3Variety of Hardness
Pencils come in different hardness levels, affecting the darkness of the lines.
For darker lines, choose a softer pencil like 2B.
Pro Tip 1/3Writing Instrument
A pencil is specifically for writing or artistic drawing, not suitable for other uses.
I used a pencil to complete the crossword puzzle.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Permanent
Pencil marks can be erased, making them less permanent than pens.
I draft essays in pencil so I can make changes easily.
Pro Tip 3/3Variety of Hardness
Pencils come in different hardness levels, affecting the darkness of the lines.
For darker lines, choose a softer pencil like 2B.
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How we should name our...
they were dealing with was the teacher who happen to share their name again a pre chromatic statistic and finally if you look at the size of the average donation people weren't just more willing to give when they did if they felt much more generous so they gave more than three times as much to the teachers who happen to match their pencils so that's this form of bonding
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Your elusive creative...
this is the piece I never forgot -- she said that there were moments where she would almost miss it, right? So, she's running to the house and she's looking for the paper and the poem passes through her, and she grabs a pencil just as it's going through her, and then she said, it was like she would reach out with her other hand
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Brain Magic - The Sleep...
your friends but his or her name is not important what's important is what this person has in his or her hand it's a weird thing it's like be anything you can be a pencil it could be an orange it could be an extension cord give me anything you want but in your mind is saying who brings these or who brings this at a party do
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Inside a cartoonist's...
that is not absolutely necessary for the advancement of the idea. The image and words have to dance together in a way that makes sense. It could be a graceful dance, or an awkward dance, if that is part of the humor or idea. And then the execution. Some cartoonists sketch the idea with pencil
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What is verbal irony? -...
and spilling his books and pencil case all over the room, now that is just harsh and verbally ironic because what you said is not what you meant. That is verbal irony. You have said the opposite of what you mean. Additionally, since you have the intention of mocking this poor person,
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Street Art Inspired by...
pencil crayons or stones or spray paint will always be doing it it's just another way I was expressing ourselves I think I'd like to keep painting bigger wildlife on bigger walls that's one of my aims so for me to be painting artwork
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
stories in pencil with crayon illustrations that my poor mother was obligated to read, I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was All my characters were white and blue-eyed, they played in the snow, they ate apples,
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How does a jellyfish...
With such delicate bodies, they rely on thousands of venom-containing stinging cells called cnidocytes for protection and prey capture. Even baby jellyfish, the size of a pencil eraser, have the ability to sting.
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A brief history of...
written numbers are a way of expressing concepts and information. And in a world where calculations and algorithms shape more and more of our lives, the mathematician's pencil grows stronger by the day.
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12 truths I learned from...
paper, pencils and brads -- for those of you who have gotten a little less young and remember brads -- and he said to my brother, "Just take it bird by bird, buddy. Just read about pelicans
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How we should name our...
they were dealing with was the teacher who happen to share their name again a pre chromatic statistic and finally if you look at the size of the average donation people weren't just more willing to give when they did if they felt much more generous so they gave more than three times as much to the teachers who happen to match their pencils so that's this form of bonding
Video examples
Your elusive creative...
this is the piece I never forgot -- she said that there were moments where she would almost miss it, right? So, she's running to the house and she's looking for the paper and the poem passes through her, and she grabs a pencil just as it's going through her, and then she said, it was like she would reach out with her other hand
Video examples
Brain Magic - The Sleep...
your friends but his or her name is not important what's important is what this person has in his or her hand it's a weird thing it's like be anything you can be a pencil it could be an orange it could be an extension cord give me anything you want but in your mind is saying who brings these or who brings this at a party do
Video examples
Inside a cartoonist's...
that is not absolutely necessary for the advancement of the idea. The image and words have to dance together in a way that makes sense. It could be a graceful dance, or an awkward dance, if that is part of the humor or idea. And then the execution. Some cartoonists sketch the idea with pencil
Video examples
What is verbal irony? -...
and spilling his books and pencil case all over the room, now that is just harsh and verbally ironic because what you said is not what you meant. That is verbal irony. You have said the opposite of what you mean. Additionally, since you have the intention of mocking this poor person,
Video examples
Street Art Inspired by...
pencil crayons or stones or spray paint will always be doing it it's just another way I was expressing ourselves I think I'd like to keep painting bigger wildlife on bigger walls that's one of my aims so for me to be painting artwork
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
stories in pencil with crayon illustrations that my poor mother was obligated to read, I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was All my characters were white and blue-eyed, they played in the snow, they ate apples,
Video examples
How does a jellyfish...
With such delicate bodies, they rely on thousands of venom-containing stinging cells called cnidocytes for protection and prey capture. Even baby jellyfish, the size of a pencil eraser, have the ability to sting.
Video examples
A brief history of...
written numbers are a way of expressing concepts and information. And in a world where calculations and algorithms shape more and more of our lives, the mathematician's pencil grows stronger by the day.
Video examples
12 truths I learned from...
paper, pencils and brads -- for those of you who have gotten a little less young and remember brads -- and he said to my brother, "Just take it bird by bird, buddy. Just read about pelicans
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Larry Page
American Businessman
You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it's important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.
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Jarrett J. Krosoczka
American Author
I was raised by my grandparents, and they always made sure that I had a pencil and some paper, whether we were in the car or at a restaurant. While they were enjoying a nice meal, I would be sitting there drawing funny pictures of the waitress.
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Oren Etzioni
American Businessman
Ultimately, to me, the computer is just a big pencil. What can we sketch using this pencil that makes a positive difference to society and advances the state of the art, hopefully in an outsized way?
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Celine Dion
Musician
I love pencil skirts, but I'm always looking for a top. And then I'm afraid, by myself, to match, to try colors. When I wear a dress, I know the top matches the bottom. So I can't make a mistake.
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Jake Barton
American Designer
Whether it's digital or physical, a pencil or a pen: line work. Humans are making things. And out of that comes the entire designed world we live within.
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Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Painter
In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.
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Samuel Beckett
Irish Playwright
I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.
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Gza
American Musician
I could write about a pencil if I wanted to. You just take it back deep enough, all the way back to the tree it came from.
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Stephan Pastis
American Cartoonist
I don't like drawing characters facing right. If I tried to do that at a book signing, I'd have to pencil it first.
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Robert A. M. Stern
American Architect
Our greatest responsibility is not to be pencils of the past.
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Larry Page
American Businessman
You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it's important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.
Quote examples
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
American Author
I was raised by my grandparents, and they always made sure that I had a pencil and some paper, whether we were in the car or at a restaurant. While they were enjoying a nice meal, I would be sitting there drawing funny pictures of the waitress.
Quote examples
Oren Etzioni
American Businessman
Ultimately, to me, the computer is just a big pencil. What can we sketch using this pencil that makes a positive difference to society and advances the state of the art, hopefully in an outsized way?
Quote examples
Celine Dion
Musician
I love pencil skirts, but I'm always looking for a top. And then I'm afraid, by myself, to match, to try colors. When I wear a dress, I know the top matches the bottom. So I can't make a mistake.
Quote examples
Jake Barton
American Designer
Whether it's digital or physical, a pencil or a pen: line work. Humans are making things. And out of that comes the entire designed world we live within.
Quote examples
Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Painter
In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.
Quote examples
Samuel Beckett
Irish Playwright
I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.
Quote examples
Gza
American Musician
I could write about a pencil if I wanted to. You just take it back deep enough, all the way back to the tree it came from.
Quote examples
Stephan Pastis
American Cartoonist
I don't like drawing characters facing right. If I tried to do that at a book signing, I'd have to pencil it first.
Quote examples
Robert A. M. Stern
American Architect
Our greatest responsibility is not to be pencils of the past.
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