What is the connotative and denotative meaning of pen?

Answer 1

A feather., A wing., An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving., Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen., The internal shell of a squid., A female swan., To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a Sonnet., To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose., A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.