keen

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keen
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Meanings
adjective
  • having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm.
    E.g. a keen gardener
  • (of a sense) highly developed.
    E.g. I have keen eyesight
  • (of the edge or point of a blade) sharp.
    E.g. the keen blade went through the weeds
  • (of activity or feeling) intense.
    E.g. there could be keen competition to provide the service
  • excellent.
    E.g. I would soon fly to distant stars—how keen!
verb
  • wail in grief for a dead person.
    E.g. the body of Johnny was taken by his own people who keened over him
noun
  • an Irish funeral song accompanied by wailing in lamentation for the dead.

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