'pin down' definitions:
Definition of 'pin down'
(from WordNet)
verb
Define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" [syn: pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify]
verb
Place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was trapped in a difficult situation" [syn: trap, pin down]
verb
Attach with or as if with a pin; "pin up a picture" [syn: pin down, pin up]
Synonyms of 'pin down'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allocate,
- anchor,
- assign,
- balance,
- ballast,
- bind,
- bridle,
- chain,
- collocate,
- counterbalance,
- denominate,
- deploy,
- designate,
- determine,
- dispose,
- emplace,
- enchain,
- entrammel,
- fasten,
- fetter,
- firm,
- firm up,
- fix,
- freeze,
- get a fix,
- gyve,
- hamper,
- handcuff,
- hobble,
- hog-tie,
- hold,
- home in on,
- hopple,
- immobilize,
- indicate,
- install,
- keep,
- lash,
- leash,
- localize,
- locate,
- make fast,
- manacle,
- mark,
- mention,
- moor,
- nail down,
- name,
- navigate,
- peg down,
- pick out,
- picket,
- pinion,
- pinpoint,
- place,
- point out,
- position,
- put in irons,
- put in place,
- restrain,
- retain,
- rope,
- secure,
- select,
- set,
- shackle,
- signify,
- situate,
- specialize,
- specify,
- spot,
- stabilitate,
- stabilize,
- state,
- steady,
- stick,
- stipulate,
- straitjacket,
- strap,
- tether,
- tie,
- tie down,
- tie up,
- trammel,
- transfix,
- triangulate,
- zero in on
Words containing 'pin down'
- Pin,
- Pinned,
- Pinning,
- pin on,
- pin up,
- Banking pin,
- Belaying pin,
- Breech pin,
- Coupling pin,
- Crank pin,
- Crimping pin,
- Crisping pin,
- Curb pins,
- Dowel pin,
- Drill pin,
- Firing pin,
- Kettle pins,
- Pin and web,
- Pin drill,
- Pin grass,
- Pin hole,
- Pin lock,
- Pin money,
- Pin pool,
- Pin rail,
- Pin wheel,
- Safety pin,
- Split pin,
- Spring pin,
- Tack pins,
- Thole pin,
- Wrest pin,
- bitt pin,
- bobby pin,
- bowling pin,
- clothes pin,
- corking pin,
- cotter pin,
- drawing pin,
- gudgeon pin,
- jack pins,
- pin bone,
- pin cherry,
- pin clover,
- pin curl,
- pin number,
- pin oak,
- pin rack,
- pin table,
- pin tumbler,
- pin wrench,
- pin-up,
- pins and needles,
- rolling pin,
- scatter pin,
- skittle pin,
- straight pin,
- swivel pin,
- wrist pin,
- Pin Oak Acres,
- Pin-eyed,
- Pin-fire,
- Pin-tailed,
- Rolling-pin,
- northern pin oak,
- Pin Oak Acres, OK,
- Pin-hole pupil,
- To pin one's faith upon,
- pin-tailed duck,
- pin-tailed grouse,
- pin-tailed sandgrouse