Pawn

What do we mean by pawn?

Something given as security for a loan; a pledge or guaranty. noun

The condition of being held as a pledge against the payment of a loan. noun

A person serving as security; a hostage. noun

The act of pawning. noun

To give or deposit (personal property) as security for the payment of money borrowed. transitive verb

To risk; hazard. transitive verb

To dispose or get rid of deceptively. phrasal verb

A chess piece of lowest value that may move forward one square at a time or two squares in the first move, capture other pieces only on a one-space diagonal forward move, and be promoted to any piece other than a king upon reaching the eighth rank. noun

A person or an entity used to further the purposes of another. noun

Something given or deposited as security, as for money borrowed; security; pledge. noun

A pledge or promise. noun

A gage; a challenge. noun

The condition of being pledged or held as security, as for the payment of a debt or the fulfilment of a promise, etc.: as, to be in pawn or at pawn. noun

A pawnshop; a pawnbroker's establishment. noun

At pawn, in pawn, pledged; hence, laid away; not available. noun

To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; pledge.

To pledge for the fulfilment of a promise.

A piece of the lowest rank and value at chess. See chess. noun

Marked pawn. See marked. noun

A peacock; in heraldry, a peacock used as a bearing. noun

The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.

Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.

Words that are spelled similarly to pawn:
pawn.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word pawn:
queening, pawns, rook, endgame, passant, checkmate, gambit, squares, stalemate, shop, diagram, diagonal, openings, chess, knight, moves, broker, sacrifice, fischer, bishop, move, lance, versus, advances, jewelry, file, chances, defending, rank, piece, capture, variation, weakness, static, advancing, push, checks, pieces, attacking, black, queen, capturing, check, odds, draw, stars, white, trap, doubled, harrison, loses, opposing, hearts, opponent, ticket, draws, mate, king, advance, exchange, eighth, advantage, square, isolated, cannot, promotion, wins, item, promote, compensation, loans, opening, stolen, files, vegas, position, seventh, option, structure, wrong, drop, silver, retreat, virgin, defend, drawn, breaks, las, defender, weak, protected, rick, reaches, attack, variations, easily, bobby.

Words that rhyme with pawn:
on, upon, phenomenon, liaison, con, john, dawn, paragon, echelon, don, moron, denouement, lexicon, spawn, fawn, non, swan, pantheon, salon, rapprochement, wan, amazon, lawn, polygon, baton, gone, pylon, emoticon, drawn, take on, khan, axon, argon, pecan, coupon, yawn, automaton, bon, brawn, avalon, oman, crayon, carillon, marathon, yuan, babylon, prawn, hexagon, flawn, han, capon, proton, antiphon, bygone, oregon, aileron, hon, sine qua non, foregone, iran, neutron, withdrawn, quan, tron, celadon, photon, mastodon, meson, octagon, juan, pion, radon, ron, pentagon, epsilon, hogan, boron, braun, nylon, forgone, put on, sean, parmesan, get on, carry on, yon, agamemnon, micron, based on, gabon, woebegone, chiffon, aragon, pass on, draw on, call on, oberon, amadon, go on, exon.

Adjectives that are often used to describe pawn:
mere, political, helpless, white, black, innocent, unwitting, useful, little, willing, isolated, important, extra, valuable, single, passive, weak, poor, adverse, soviet, backward, expendable, unwilling, diplomatic, dead, advanced, simple, sacrificial, insignificant, hapless, perfect, lowly, able, red, ready, cambodian, double, powerless, minor, female, convenient, sufficient, friendly, sacrificed, russian, strategic, key, precious, humble, easy, pathetic, kindred, unfortunate, vital, unsuspecting, origin, and, ignorant, royal, unprotected, docile, centre, mindless, spare, communist.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective pawn:
brokers, broker, shops, shop, chain, concept, sacrifice, broking, king, tickets, measure, play, variable.

Consonant match to pawn:
pine, pan, pin, pen, pain, pun, pane, poon, penne, penn, paine, pon, payne, panne, penh, pyne, peine, pinn, paign.

Words that sound like pawn:
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