Definizione monolingua

keen

keen (third-person singular simple present keens, present participle keening, simple past and past participle keened)

1. (transitive, rare) To sharpen; to make cold.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Thomson.

     Cold winter keens the brightening flood.

keen (plural keens)

1. A prolonged wail for a deceased person.

keen (comparative keener, superlative keenest)

1. showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense.
2. vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite.
   • (Can we date this quote?), w:Piers Plowman

     Of full keen will.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare

     So keen and greedy to confound a man.

3. sharp; having a fine edge or point.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5:

     That my keen knife see not the wound it makes.

4. acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare

     To make our wits more keen.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Cowper

     Before the keen inquiry of her thought.

5. bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare

     Good father cardinal, cry thou amen to my keen curses.

6. piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc,; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Goldsmith

     Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes.

7. (often with to, + infinitive or with a prepositional phrase) Enthusiastic

   Im keen to learn another language.

   Im keen on learning another language.

   Im keen on languages.

   Im keen about learning languages.

   Im keen for help.

   ""Do you want to learn another language?"" / ""Im keen.""

8. (US, informal, dated) Marvelous.

   I just got this peachy keen new dress.

9. (UK) extremely low as to be competitive.

   keen prices

10. (obsolete) brave, courageous; bold, audacious.

Definizione dizionario keen

acuto

aguzzo

	sveglissimo
	Che è scaltro, esperto e tutt'altro che ingenuo.

accanito

accorto

acido

acre

acuminato

acuta

affilato

agro

amaro

ansioso

appassionato

appuntato

appuntito

aspro

attivo

cantare un lamento funebre

desideroso

entusiasta

fine

forte

intenso

nitido

operoso

penetrante

piccante

pungente

sottile

spiritoso

tagliente

vivo

Altri significati:

(Can we date this quote?) "Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes." -Goldsmith.

showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense.

(Can we date this quote?) "Before the keen inquiry of her thought." -Cowper.

(UK, with "to

(obsolete) brave, courageous; bold, audacious.

(UK) extremely low as to be competitive.

(Irish, intransitive) To utter a keen.

(transitive, rare) To sharpen; to make cold.

A prolonged wail for a deceased person.

acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness.

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

sharp; having a fine edge or point.

(Can we date this quote?) "Of full keen will." -Piers Plowman.

vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite.

(Can we date this quote?) "Good father cardinal, cry thou amen to my keen curses." -Shak.

(Can we date this quote?) "That my keen knife see not the wound it makes." -Shak.

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

(Can we date this quote?) "To make our wits more keen ." -Shak.

(US, informal, dated) Marvelous.