Definitions of KEEN [kin]

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Definition of 'KEEN'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) keen
finely sharpened; so shaped as to cut or pierce readily:
a keen razor.

2.  keen
sharp, piercing, or biting:
a keen wind.

3.  keen
acutely or finely perceptive; extremely sensitive, responsive, or alert:
keen ears; a keen mind.

4.  keen
having great acumen; astute:
a keen observer of human nature.

5.  keen
animated by strong feeling or desire:
keen competition.

6.  keen
intense, as feeling or desire.

7.  keen
eager; interested; enthusiastic (often fol. by about, on, etc., or an infinitive):
I was keen to go swimming.

8.  keen
Slang. great; wonderful; marvelous.

9. (n.) keen
a wailing lament for the dead.

10. (v.i.) keen
to wail in lamentation for the dead.

11. (v.t.) keen
to bewail or lament by or with keening.

Etymology: (1805–15; < Ir caoine lament)

Definition of 'KEEN'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) keen
a funeral lament sung with loud wailing

2. (adj) acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
"an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"

3. (adj) exquisite, keen
intense or sharp
"suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"

4. (adj) bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing
very good
"he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"

5. (adj) cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating
painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
"a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"

6. (verb) keen
having a sharp cutting edge or point
"a keen blade"

7. (verb) lament, keen
express grief verbally
"we lamented the death of the child"

Definition of 'KEEN'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) keen
eager to do sth
She was keen to try.

Definition of 'KEEN'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) KEEN
a prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach

2.  KEEN
sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge

3.  KEEN
acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features

4.  KEEN
bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm

5.  KEEN
piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc, ; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen

6.  KEEN
eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite

7. (verb) KEEN
to sharpen; to make cold

8. (verb) KEEN
to wail as a keener does

Translation of 'KEEN'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: eager or enthusiastic He is a keen golfer; I'm keen to succeed.
Afrikaans: ywerig, gretig	Arabic: مُتَحَمِّس	Bulgarian: ревностен
Brazilian: entusiasta	Czech: vášnivý; chtivý	German: eifrig, scharf
Danish: ivrig	Greek: ενθουσιώδης, που θέλει πο	Spanish: entusiasta
Estonian: innukas	Farsi: مشتاق	Finnish: innokas
French: fervent	Hebrew: נִלהָב	Hindi: उत्सुक
Croatian: gorljiv	Hungarian: lelkes, buzgó	Indonesian: bersemangat
Icelandic: ákafur	Italian: appassionato; desideroso	Japanese: 熱心な
Korean: 열중한	Lithuanian: aistringas, labai norinti	Latvian: dedzīgs; kaislīgs; aizrau
Malay: gigih	Dutch: enthousiast, gespitst op	Norwegian: ivrig, begeistret
Polish: zapalony	Persian: مشتاق،هوشيار،مايل	Pashto: هوښيار،علاقمند
Portuguese: entusiasta	Romanian: entuziast	Russian: усердный
Slovak: vášnivý; chtivý	Slovenian: goreč	Serbian: oran
Swedish: ivrig, entusiastisk, pass	Thai: กระตือรือร้น	Turkish: hevesli, can atan
Taiwanese: 熱衷的	Ukrainian: палкий, заповзятливий	Urdu: سرگرم ، مشتاق
Vietnamese: hăng hái nhiệt tình	Chinese: 热心的
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