Meaning of "pinning" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF PINNING

pinning  [ˈpɪnɪŋ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PINNING

Pinning is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pinning in English.

WHAT DOES PINNING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pinning

Pinning may refer to: ▪ Pinning, the effect of certain weapons that cause their targets to be pinned down ▪ Pinning ceremony, a symbolic welcoming of newly graduated nurses into the nursing profession ▪ Pinning force, a force acting on a pinned object from a pinning center ▪ Pinning, the use of pins to strengthen the joins when assembling large or heavy model kits ▪ Pinning points, points in a crystalline material that act to halt a dislocation's movement ▪ Grappling hold#Pinning hold, a hold used to control an opponent in grappling ▪ Flux pinning, a phenomenon that magnetic flux lines do not move despite the Lorentz force acting on them inside a current-carrying Type II superconductor ▪ Percutaneous pinning, a technique used by orthopedic surgeons for the stabilisation of unstable fractures ▪ Tree pinning, inserting spikes into trees in order to cause damage to sawmill equipment ▪ Zener pinning, the influence of a dispersion of fine particles on the movement of low- and high angle grain boundaries through a polycrystalline material...

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PINNING

PRESENT

Present

I pin

you pin

he/she/it pins

we pin

you pin

they pin

Present continuous

I am pinning

you are pinning

he/she/it is pinning

we are pinning

you are pinning

they are pinning

Present perfect

I have pinned

you have pinned

he/she/it has pinned

we have pinned

you have pinned

they have pinned

Present perfect continuous

I have been pinning

you have been pinning

he/she/it has been pinning

we have been pinning

you have been pinning

they have been pinning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I pinned

you pinned

he/she/it pinned

we pinned

you pinned

they pinned

Past continuous

I was pinning

you were pinning

he/she/it was pinning

we were pinning

you were pinning

they were pinning

Past perfect

I had pinned

you had pinned

he/she/it had pinned

we had pinned

you had pinned

they had pinned

Past perfect continuous

I had been pinning

you had been pinning

he/she/it had been pinning

we had been pinning

you had been pinning

they had been pinning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will pin

you will pin

he/she/it will pin

we will pin

you will pin

they will pin

Future continuous

I will be pinning

you will be pinning

he/she/it will be pinning

we will be pinning

you will be pinning

they will be pinning

Future perfect

I will have pinned

you will have pinned

he/she/it will have pinned

we will have pinned

you will have pinned

they will have pinned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been pinning

you will have been pinning

he/she/it will have been pinning

we will have been pinning

you will have been pinning

they will have been pinning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would pinning

you would pinning

he/she/it would pinning

we would pinning

you would pinning

they would pinning

Conditional continuous

I would be pinning

you would be pinning

he/she/it would be pinning

we would be pinning

you would be pinning

they would be pinning

Conditional perfect

I would have pinning

you would have pinning

he/she/it would have pinning

we would have pinning

you would have pinning

they would have pinning

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been pinning

you would have been pinning

he/she/it would have been pinning

we would have been pinning

you would have been pinning

they would have been pinning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you pin
we let´s pin
you pin

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to pin

Past participle

pinned

Present Participle

pinning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PINNING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pinning» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of pinning

affix · attach · bolt · brace · clip · constrain · fasten · fix · hold down · immobilize · join · nail · needle · peg · pinion · press · restrain · rod · safety pin · secure · staple · stick · tack

TRANSLATION OF PINNING

Find out the translation of pinning to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pinning from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pinning» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 穿针
• Translator English - Spanish: fijando
• English: pinning
• Translator English - Hindi: लगाए
• Translator English - Arabic: تعلق
• Translator English - Russian: закрепления
• Translator English - Portuguese: fixando
• Translator English - Bengali: পিন
• Translator English - French: épinglant
• Translator English - Malay: Menyematkan
• Translator English - German: Pinning
• Translator English - Japanese: ピン止め
• Translator English - Korean: 피닝
• Translator English - Javanese: Pinning
• Translator English - Vietnamese: ghim
• Translator English - Tamil: பின்செய்வதில்
• Translator English - Marathi: पिनिंग
• Translator English - Turkish: iğneleme
• Translator English - Italian: pinning
• Translator English - Polish: przypinanie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: закріплення
• Translator English - Romanian: fixarea
• Translator English - Greek: εναποθέτει
• Translator English - Afrikaans: pinning
• Translator English - Swedish: nålning
• Translator English - Norwegian: låsing

5 QUOTES WITH «PINNING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pinning.

1

Louise Bourgeois

I know that when I finish a drawing, my anxiety level decreases. The realistic drawings are a way of pinning down an idea. I don't want to loose it. With the abstract drawings, when I'm feeling loose, I can slip into the unconscious.

2

Hamish Bowles

I was a fashion editor for years in London before I came to 'Vogue,' and I spent my life arranging the folds of a ball gown skirt for a picture and pinning fabric and using all those stylist tricks. And you don't have to do that now because they can do it in Photoshop.

3

Matt Groening

Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.

4

Anthony Holden

When the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were growing up, that was at it's height and the War cemented that with photographs of the Royal Family having breakfast together and so on, by pinning their reputation so firmly on that particular issue.

5

Chuck Todd

One must remember that in the '70s, Democrats still grasping for Camelot were desperately pinning their hopes on Teddy while Republicans were doing everything they could politically to turn him into a punch line post-Chappaquiddick. And the idea of Ted Kennedy - rather than the actual man - dominated his political legacy through the early '90s.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PINNING»

Discover the use of pinning in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pinning and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Flux Pinning in Superconductors

The book deals with the flux pinning mechanisms and properties and the electromagnetic phenomena caused by the flux pinning common for metallic, high-temperature and MgB2 superconductors.

Teruo Matsushita, 2007

Pinning: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases

Familiar Quotations PinningThe time comes when each one of us has to give up as illusions the expectations which, in his youth, he pinned upon his fellow-men, and when he may learn how much difficulty and pain has been added to his life by ...

‎2008

A.C. Losses and Flux Pinning and Formation of Stripe Phase

AC Losses & Flux Pinning & Formation of Stripe Phase

A. V. Narlikar, 2000

Pinning Down the Past: Archaeology, Heritage, and Education ...

heritage. matters. issn 1756-4832 Series Editors Peter G. Stone • Peter Davis • Chris Whitehead Heritage Matters is a series of edited and single-authored volumes which addresses the whole range of issues that confront the cultural heritage ...

Mike Corbishley, 2014

Pinning Control of Complex Networked Systems: ...

Pinning Control of Complex Networked Systems investigates these requirements by using the pinning control strategy, which aims to control the whole dynamical network with huge numbers of nodes by imposing controllers for only a fraction of ...

Housheng Su, Xiaofan Wang, 2013

Vortex Pinning and Dynamics

In the high amplitude limit, the field dependence of the gyrotropic mode disappears and the frequency is consistent with the predictions of micromagnetic simulations and analytical theory for the ideal vortex.

Robert L. Compton, 2007

Physics and Materials Science of Vortex States, Flux Pinning ...

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Kusadasi, Turkey, July 26-August 8, 1998

R. Kossowsky, 1999

Grain Growth and the Zener Pinning Phenomenon: A ...

A mean carbide size of approximately 1.2mum (r) and 0.002 volume fraction (VV) was measured on large area mosaics.

Christopher Roberts, 2008

Flux Pinning in Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide Coated Conductors

In summary, this thesis presents detailed pinning studies on several differently grown YBCO films. Our results identify the optimum pinning structures in YBCO films and provide a systematic guidance for optimizing vortex pinning.

Zhijun Chen, 2008

The Pinning

Readers who have enjoyed The Memory Keeper's Daughter or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn will choose this book to compliment their reading experience.

Carol Desforges, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PINNING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pinning is used in the context of the following news items.

Pinterest's new button makes pinning easier on iPhones

Pinterest's new button makes pinning easier on iPhones. blogger-avatar by Mariella Moon | @mariella_moon | July 24th 2015 at 3:03am July 24th 2015 3:03 am. «Engadget, Jul 15»

Moruca pinning hopes on more private sector activity to kickstart …

The vending is a modest economic venture with many of the investors pinning their hopes on the sale of Moruca's craft and its famous casareep ... «Stabroek News, Jul 15»

Pinterest speeds up pinning on iOS with a native share button

If you're an avid sharer on Pinterest, you'll probably be happy to know that the interest-based social network just made it easier to save stuff ... «VentureBeat, Jul 15»

How To: Pinning Websites to the Windows 10 Start Screen

Remnants of the Windows 8.1 Start Screen are still present in Windows 10, but provided in a much friendlier, more customizable, and familiar ... «SuperSite for Windows, Jul 15»

SCC pinning ceremony

Sampson Community College recently held the Practical Nursing Pinning Ceremony. The following were pinned. Pictured, top row, are April ... «Sampson Independent, Jul 15»

Pinning ceremony

Graduates of the Southwestern Illinois College Radiologic Technology program recently gathered at St. Peter's Cathedral in Belleville for the ... «The Edwardsville Intelligencer, Jul 15»

Mets willfully ignorant in pinning season on miracle cures

Yes. You read that correctly. As the Mets prepared for the second game of this “awfully important” – their words – series with the Nationals ... «New York Post, Jul 15»

CCC Practical Nursing program holds pinning ceremony

Coahoma Community College launched the future healthcare careers of 19 students during its Practical Nursing program's pinning ceremony ... «Clarksdale Press Register, Jul 15»

Thrifty have been nifty in pinning a van hire bump on me

Thrifty have been nifty in pinning a van hire bump on me. Upon retuning a vehicle the manager claimed I was liable for two bumps – now it's ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Pinning ceremony for Kish College radiology grads

Pinning ceremony for Kish College radiology grads ... radiologic technology graduates participated in a traditional pinning ceremony June 27 in ... «DeKalb Daily Chronicle, Jul 15»