Meaning of PENCIL in English

A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors.

Use in sentences of PENCIL

A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors.
A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See Graphite.
Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the artist, descriptive writer, etc.
An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point.
A small medicated bougie.
To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.