Definition of "pawn" in Englisch

noun

1. (uncountable) The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.

   • All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage.

2. An instance of pawning something.

3. (archaic) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.

4. (rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.

verb

1. (transitive) To pledge; to stake or wager.

2. (transitive) To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.

noun

1. (chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.

2. (idiomatic) A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.

   • Near-synonym: chess piece
   • Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.

noun

1. Alternative form of paan.

noun

1. A gallery.

verb

1. (video games) Alternative form of pwn.