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Held firmly in one place
Answer for the clue "Held firmly in one place ", 6 letters:
pinned
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree" [syn: trap , immobilize , immobilise ] attach or fasten with pins [ant: unpin ] pierce with a pin; "pin down the butterfly" immobilize a piece [also: pinning , pinned ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pin \Pin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pinning .] [See Pin , n.] To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together. ``As if she would pin her to her heart.'' --Shak. To pin one's faith ...
Usage examples of pinned.
Jimmy was pinned under wreckage, a cerebrovascular accident that had failed to throw him clear of the crash.
A damaged shield had been fixed to the beam, literally pinned there with a rusted sword.
The red bitch held him in thrall, his very essence pinned to the marble wall like the others.
It landed point first next to the yellow essence that had been pinned highest of all.
The pinned entity soared toward Gossamyr, a strange weapon aimed for her heart.
The changeling took in the destruction, glancing to the body of Avenall, and sneering at sight of the Red Lady, yet pinned to the wall.
Certain things we already suspected: a long, linear informational string wound around its complement, like a photo pinned to its own negative, for further, unlimited printing.
I went over to him, stopped him from stepping away, and pinned myself to him.
Ressler, rising science star, split, flapped, and pinned out like a cat in undergraduate anatomy.
By day you will souse and bat our smelling underclothes also when we ladies are unwell, and swab out our latrines with dress pinned up and a dishclout tied to your tail.
And when her mission was completed and the lace pinned into place, Eulalie headed back to the senate chamber.
And in her hair she had pinned the golden nest of jeweled hummingbirds.
To the carved jet rose, worn pinned at the throat of her high-necked shirtwaist, amidst rows of tucks.
Thus if the members are pinned together, the joint consisting of a single circular pin, the centre of which lies in the axis of the piece, it is clear that the direction of the only stress which can be transmitted from pin to pin will coincide with this axis.
It is found in practice that the stresses on the several members do not differ sensibly whether these members are pinned together with a single pin or more rigidly jointed by several bolts or rivets.