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"Keen" Definition

noun

A loud, wailing lament for the dead.
A lamentation for the dead uttered in a loud wailing voice or sometimes in a cry.

adjective

Acutely sensitive: a keen ear.
Ardent; enthusiastic: a keen chess player.
Eagerly desirous: keen on going to Europe in the spring.
Having a fine, sharp cutting edge or point.
Having or marked by intellectual quickness and acuity. See Synonyms at sharp.

verb-intransitive

To wail in lamentation, especially for the dead. See Synonyms at cry.

verb

To make a loud and long cry of sorrow to with a keen.
To make a sound of a loud cry of sorrow .
To lament, mourn, or complain loudly.
To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.

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