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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'keen' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions keen noun  A prolonged wail for a deceased person. = verb  (transitive) To sharpen; to make cold. R. "Cold winter keens the brightening flood." -Thomson. adjective (keen, er) Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge. "A bow he bare and arwes arrows bright and kene." -Chaucer. "That my knife see not the wound it makes." -Shak. Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features. "To make our wits more ." -Shak. "Before the inquiry of her thought." -Cowper. Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm. "Good father cardinal, cry thou amen to my curses." -Shak. Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc,; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen. "Breasts the air, and carols as he goes." -Goldsmith. Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite. "Of full will." -Piers Plowman. "So and greedy to confound a man." -Shak.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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