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keen

1. [sypat] istekli [Umumy]

2. [sypat] keskin [Umumy]

3. [sypat] meraklı [Umumy]

4. [sypat] hevesli [Umumy]

5. [sypat] düşkün [Umumy]

6. [sypat] uygun [Umumy]

Webster's English Dictionary

keen

a. [OE. kene sharp, bold, AS. cne bold; akin to D. koen, OHG. kuoni, G. khn, OSw. kyn, kn, Icel. knn, for knn wise; perh. akin to E. ken, can to be able. 45.]1. 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 keen knife see not the wound it makes. (Shak.)

2. 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 keen. (Shak.)

Before the keen inquiry of her thought. (Cowper.)

3. Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm. ()

Good father cardinal, cry thou amen To my keen curses. (Shak.)

4. Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc.; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen. ()

Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes. (Goldsmith.)

5. Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite. (Piers Plowman.)

So keen and greedy to confound a man. (Shak.)

6. Wonderful; delightful; marvelous; as, that would be keen. ()

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v. t. To sharpen; to make cold. ()

Cold winter keens the brightening flood. (Thomson.)

n. [Ir. caoine.] A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach. (Froude.)

v. i. To wail as a keener does. ()