KEEN
\kˈiːn], \kˈiːn], \k_ˈiː_n]\
Definitions of KEEN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade"
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a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
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express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.
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Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features.
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Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.
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Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite.
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To sharpen; to make cold.
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A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach.
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To wail as a keener does.
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Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; - applied to cold, wind, etc, ; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
By Oddity Software
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Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.
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Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features.
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Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.
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Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite.
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To sharpen; to make cold.
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A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach.
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To wail as a keener does.
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Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; - applied to cold, wind, etc, ; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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