keen in Kashmiri कॉशुर
keen in Sindhi سنڌي
keen in Tamil தமிழ்
keen in English
- keen⇄adv. keenly.
- keen⇄keen (1), adjective.
1. so shaped as to cut well.
Ex. a keen blade.
2. sharp; cutting; piercing; intense.
Ex. a keen wind, keen hunger, keen pain, (Figurative.) keen wit.
(SYN) penetrating, biting, bitter.
3. strong; - keen⇄keen (2), noun, verb.
- keen⇄noun a wailing lament for the dead.
- keen⇄noun keener.
- keen⇄noun keenness.
- keen⇄v.i. to utter the keen or lamentation for the dead; wail; lament.
Ex. I sat on the bed and keened to myself for a moment (Punch). - keen⇄v.t. to bewail with keening or wailing.
Ex. Isn't it a bitter thing to think of him floating that way ... and no one to keen him but the black hags that do be flying on the sea? (John M. Synge).