Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - keen
Keen
keen
1. adj. 1 (of a person, desire, or interest) eager, ardent (a keen sportsman). 2 (foll. by on) much attracted by; fond of or enthusiastic about. 3 (of the senses) sharp; highly sensitive. 4 intellectually acute. 5 a having a sharp edge or point. b (of an edge etc.) sharp. 6 (of a sound, light, etc.) penetrating, vivid, strong. 7 (of a wind, frost, etc.) piercingly cold. 8 (of a pain etc.) acute, bitter. 9 Brit. (of a price) competitive. 10 colloq. excellent. Derivatives keenly adv. keenness n. Etymology: OE cene f. Gmc 2. n. & v. --n. an Irish funeral song accompanied with wailing. --v. 1 intr. utter the keen. 2 tr. bewail (a person) in this way. 3 tr. utter in a wailing tone. Derivatives keener n. Etymology: Ir. caoine f. caoinim wail
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English kene brave, sharp, from Old English cēne brave; akin to Old High German kuoni brave Date: 13th century 1. having a fine edge or point ; sharp, affecting one as if by cutting , pungent to the sense , 2. a. showing a quick and ardent responsiveness ; enthusiastic , eager , intense , 3. intellectually alert ; having or characteristic of a quick penetrating mind , sharply contested , extremely sensitive in perception , wonderful, excellent, see: sharp ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1830 a lamentation for the dead uttered in a loud wailing voice or sometimes in a wordless cry, III. verb Etymology: Irish caoinim I lament, weep Date: 1845 intransitive verb 1. to lament with a ~, to make a sound suggestive of a ~, to lament, mourn, or complain loudly, transitive verb to utter by ~ing, ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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