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pin beneath
pin someone or something beneath (someone, something or an animal)
to trap someone or something beneath someone, an animal, or something. The mine cave-in pinned four miners beneath a beam. I held the alligator's mouth closed and pinned it beneath me.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Jamey | | JAY-mee | English |
Naamah | | NAY-ə-mə (English), nah-ah-MAH (Jewish) | Biblical, Hebrew |
Tuuli | | TOO:-lee | Finnish |
Israhel | | - | Biblical Latin |
Hrothgar | | - | Anglo-Saxon (Latinized) |
Annabel | | ['ænəbel] | |