pencil

A tool for writing or drawing, usually made of wood with a thin dark stick inside.

• I need a pencil.
• She drew the house with colored pencils.
• Can you sharpen my pencil?

Common phrases: sharp pencil, pencil case, pencil drawing

To write or draw something with a wooden writing tool whose marks can usually be rubbed out.

• He penciled a note in the margin.
• She carefully penciled an outline of the tree.
• Pencil your answers lightly so you can erase them.

How to use it: pencil something on/in something (She penciled her name on the back of the photograph.)

Common phrases: pencil a note, pencil an outline, pencil something lightly