pen up

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   confine in a fold, like sheep

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Questions about pen up

What does pen up mean?

pen up means "confine in a fold, like sheep".

What is another word for pen up?

Close synonyms include fold. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pen up a common word?

pen up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.