pawn
🇺🇸
/pɔːn/
🇬🇧
/pɔːn/
noun
R
A small chess piece that you start with eight of.
He had to sacrifice another pawn to win the game.
R
A person used by others for their own gain.
The hostages are being used as political pawns by the terrorists.
verb
R
To give something to a pawnbroker to borrow money, with the option to get it back by repaying the loan.
She had to pawn her grandmother's ring to pay the bills.
translation
A small chess piece that you start with eight of.; A person used by others for their own gain.
To give something to a pawnbroker to borrow money, with the option to get it back by repaying the loan.
Word Forms
3rd Present
pawns
Past
pawned
Perfect
pawned
Progressive
pawning
Plural
pawns