Sekirov Dictionary

keen

/kiːn/

adjective 9
verb 4
noun 1
forms 8

adjective9

•
Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
- The tongues of mocking wenches are as keen As is the Razors edge, inuisible: […] — 1595
•
(Commonwealth) showing strong interest and a real wish to do something
- I’m keen on computers.
- I’m keen on you.
•
Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
- For when we rage, aduise is often seene By blunting vs to make our wits more keene. — 1609
•
Fierce, intense, vehement.
- This boy has a keen appetite.
•
Cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
- the cold is very keen
(UK) Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.
Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
•
(informal, old-fashioned) Marvelous.
- I just got this peachy keen new dress.
(no longer used) Brave, courageous; audacious, bold.

verb4

To utter a keen.
•
To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.
- Pelicans fly below us with stiffly formal strokes, and gulls wheel and keen. — 1981
•
To mourn.
- She sniffed and nodded and cried and wailed and keened for her husband, who would never come back to her. — 2017
•
(rare) To make cold, to sharpen.
- This is the purest exercise of health, / The kind refresher of the summer-heats; / Nor, when cold Winter keens the brightening flood, / Would I weak-shivering linger on the brink. — 1749

noun1

A prolonged wail for a deceased person.

forms

keened · keening · keeneth · keens · keener · more keen · keenest · most keen

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