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UK
/pˈɔːn/
]
[ US /ˈpɔn/ ]
[ US /ˈpɔn/ ]
NOUN
- (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
- a person used by another to gain an end
- borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
- an article deposited as security
VERB
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leave as a guarantee in return for money
pawn your grandfather's gold watch
How To Use pawn In A Sentence
- There are a great many Rook and pawn endgames, reflecting their common occurrence in tournament practice.
- Along with the grunion, these are the only marine fish known to fully emerge from water solely for the purpose of spawning.
- The band's album spawned a string of hit singles.
- Once a year the up-river migration of the salmon heading for their spawning grounds provides a great feast.
- The winds associated with this broader wake spawn a narrow eastward countercurrent that draws warm water from west to east.
- One goal was to return fish to traditional spawning grounds in the upper reaches of the Clearwater tributaries, strengthening natural fish runs.
- But it was the Dutch luxury trades that enabled the economy to take off, and the financial institutions these trades spawned that allowed the Dutch to invest with an eye to continuous economic growth.
- I had now no clothes except what I stood up in — the coat badly out at the elbow — an overcoat, moderately pawnable, and one spare shirt. Down and Out in Paris and London
- All of them die soon after spawning in July or August. Times, Sunday Times
- An existing fish pass has fallen into disrepair and is not maintained, resulting in fish finding it hard to get upriver to spawn.