# penning

Pronunciation: say "PEN-ing" /ˈpɛnɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of pen. — present participle and gerund of pen
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of pen. Use this form when someone is writing something down.
   - _He spent the evening penning a long reply to the editor._
   - _Penning the final chapter left her both relieved and exhausted._

## Noun

2. The act or art of writing, especially literary composition.
   - Simple: The work of writing books, poems, or other literary pieces.
   - _The poet's penning earned admiration across the kingdom._
   - _Critics praised the careful penning that shaped each polished essay._
3. A former unit of Swedish currency.
   - Simple: An old kind of money once used in Sweden.
   - _The merchant grumbled that a penning hardly covered the cost of the cloth._
   - _He set aside each penning he earned at the harbor market._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/penning (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).