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keen
(mass) | keen
- intenzívny, nadšený, ostrý, tvrdý |
keen
(encz) | keen,dychtivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
keen
(encz) | keen,chtivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
keen
(encz) | keen,intenzivní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
keen
(encz) | keen,nadšený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
keen
(encz) | keen,ostrý adj: nůž Aleš Šilhavý |
keen
(encz) | keen,prudký adj: Mgr. Dita Gálová |
keen
(encz) | keen,tvrdý Mgr. Dita Gálová |
keen
(encz) | keen,vášnivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Keen
(gcide) | Keen \Keen\, v. t.
To sharpen; to make cold. [R.]
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Cold winter keens the brightening flood. --Thomson.
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Keen
(gcide) | Keen \Keen\ (k[=e]n), a. [Compar. Keener (k[=e]n"[~e]r);
superl. Keenest.] [OE. kene sharp, bold, AS. c[=e]ne bold;
akin to D. koen, OHG. kuoni, G. k["u]hn, OSw. kyn, k["o]n,
Icel. k[ae]nn, for k[oe]nn wise; perh. akin to E. ken, can to
be able. [root]45.]
1. Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a
razor with a keen edge.
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A bow he bare and arwes [arrows] bright and kene.
--Chaucer.
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That my keen knife see not the wound it makes.
--Shak.
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2. Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing
mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen
look; keen features.
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To make our wits more keen. --Shak.
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Before the keen inquiry of her thought. --Cowper.
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3. Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe;
as, keen satire or sarcasm.
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Good father cardinal, cry thou amen
To my keen curses. --Shak.
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4. Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold,
wind, etc.; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
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Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes.
--Goldsmith.
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5. Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite. "Of full
kene will." --Piers Plowman.
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So keen and greedy to confound a man. --Shak.
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6. Wonderful; delightful; marvelous; as, that would be keen.
[slang]
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Note: Keen is often used in the composition of words, most of
which are of obvious signification; as, keen-edged,
keen-eyed, keen-sighted, keen-witted, etc.
Syn: Prompt; eager; ardent; sharp; acute; cutting;
penetrating; biting; severe; sarcastic; satirical;
piercing; shrewd.
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Keen
(gcide) | Keen \Keen\, n. [Ir. caoine.]
A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach.
[Ireland] --Froude.
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Keen
(gcide) | Keen \Keen\, v. i.
To wail as a keener does. [Ireland]
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keen
(wn) | keen
adj 1: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine
distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and
politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike
reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a
fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative
observations" [syn: acute, discriminating,
incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating,
penetrative, piercing, sharp]
2: intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite
pleasure" [syn: exquisite, keen]
3: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a
great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn:
bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great,
groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy,
slap-up, swell, smashing]
4: painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind";
"keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains";
"piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain";
"lancinating pain" [syn: cutting, keen, knifelike,
piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating]
5: having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade"
n 1: a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
v 1: express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the
child" [syn: lament, keen] |
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keen-sighted
(encz) | keen-sighted, adj: |
keenan
(encz) | Keenan,Keenan n: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
keener
(encz) | keener,plačka n: Zdeněk Brož |
keenest
(encz) | keenest,nejintenzivnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
keenly
(encz) | keenly,horlivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
keenness
(encz) | keenness,horlivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
nankeen
(encz) | nankeen,nankin Zdeněk Brož |
palankeen
(encz) | palankeen,palankýn n: východoasijská krytá nosítka Petr Prášek |
skeen arch
(encz) | skeen arch, n: |
keenan
(czen) | Keenan,Keenann: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Damaskeen
(gcide) | Damaskeen \Dam"as*keen`\, Damasken \Dam"as*ken\, v. t. [F.
damaschinare. See Damascene, v.]
To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or
"water" produced in the process of manufacture, or with
designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another
metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask.
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Damaskeening is is partly mosaic work, partly
engraving, and partly carving. --Ure.
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Jackeen
(gcide) | Jackeen \Jack*een"\, n.
A drunken, dissolute fellow. [Ireland] --S. C. Hall.
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Keen
(gcide) | Keen \Keen\, v. t.
To sharpen; to make cold. [R.]
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Cold winter keens the brightening flood. --Thomson.
[1913 Webster]Keen \Keen\ (k[=e]n), a. [Compar. Keener (k[=e]n"[~e]r);
superl. Keenest.] [OE. kene sharp, bold, AS. c[=e]ne bold;
akin to D. koen, OHG. kuoni, G. k["u]hn, OSw. kyn, k["o]n,
Icel. k[ae]nn, for k[oe]nn wise; perh. akin to E. ken, can to
be able. [root]45.]
1. Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a
razor with a keen edge.
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A bow he bare and arwes [arrows] bright and kene.
--Chaucer.
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That my keen knife see not the wound it makes.
--Shak.
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2. Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing
mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen
look; keen features.
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To make our wits more keen. --Shak.
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Before the keen inquiry of her thought. --Cowper.
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3. Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe;
as, keen satire or sarcasm.
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Good father cardinal, cry thou amen
To my keen curses. --Shak.
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4. Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold,
wind, etc.; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
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Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes.
--Goldsmith.
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5. Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite. "Of full
kene will." --Piers Plowman.
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So keen and greedy to confound a man. --Shak.
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6. Wonderful; delightful; marvelous; as, that would be keen.
[slang]
[PJC]
Note: Keen is often used in the composition of words, most of
which are of obvious signification; as, keen-edged,
keen-eyed, keen-sighted, keen-witted, etc.
Syn: Prompt; eager; ardent; sharp; acute; cutting;
penetrating; biting; severe; sarcastic; satirical;
piercing; shrewd.
[1913 Webster]Keen \Keen\, n. [Ir. caoine.]
A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach.
[Ireland] --Froude.
[1913 Webster]Keen \Keen\, v. i.
To wail as a keener does. [Ireland]
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Keener
(gcide) | Keen \Keen\ (k[=e]n), a. [Compar. Keener (k[=e]n"[~e]r);
superl. Keenest.] [OE. kene sharp, bold, AS. c[=e]ne bold;
akin to D. koen, OHG. kuoni, G. k["u]hn, OSw. kyn, k["o]n,
Icel. k[ae]nn, for k[oe]nn wise; perh. akin to E. ken, can to
be able. [root]45.]
1. Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a
razor with a keen edge.
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A bow he bare and arwes [arrows] bright and kene.
--Chaucer.
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That my keen knife see not the wound it makes.
--Shak.
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2. Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing
mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen
look; keen features.
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To make our wits more keen. --Shak.
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Before the keen inquiry of her thought. --Cowper.
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3. Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe;
as, keen satire or sarcasm.
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Good father cardinal, cry thou amen
To my keen curses. --Shak.
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4. Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold,
wind, etc.; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
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Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes.
--Goldsmith.
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5. Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite. "Of full
kene will." --Piers Plowman.
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So keen and greedy to confound a man. --Shak.
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6. Wonderful; delightful; marvelous; as, that would be keen.
[slang]
[PJC]
Note: Keen is often used in the composition of words, most of
which are of obvious signification; as, keen-edged,
keen-eyed, keen-sighted, keen-witted, etc.
Syn: Prompt; eager; ardent; sharp; acute; cutting;
penetrating; biting; severe; sarcastic; satirical;
piercing; shrewd.
[1913 Webster]Keener \Keen"er\, n.
A professional mourner who wails at a funeral. [Ireland]
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Keenest
(gcide) | Keen \Keen\ (k[=e]n), a. [Compar. Keener (k[=e]n"[~e]r);
superl. Keenest.] [OE. kene sharp, bold, AS. c[=e]ne bold;
akin to D. koen, OHG. kuoni, G. k["u]hn, OSw. kyn, k["o]n,
Icel. k[ae]nn, for k[oe]nn wise; perh. akin to E. ken, can to
be able. [root]45.]
1. Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a
razor with a keen edge.
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A bow he bare and arwes [arrows] bright and kene.
--Chaucer.
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That my keen knife see not the wound it makes.
--Shak.
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2. Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing
mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen
look; keen features.
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To make our wits more keen. --Shak.
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Before the keen inquiry of her thought. --Cowper.
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3. Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe;
as, keen satire or sarcasm.
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Good father cardinal, cry thou amen
To my keen curses. --Shak.
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4. Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold,
wind, etc.; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
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Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes.
--Goldsmith.
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5. Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite. "Of full
kene will." --Piers Plowman.
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So keen and greedy to confound a man. --Shak.
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6. Wonderful; delightful; marvelous; as, that would be keen.
[slang]
[PJC]
Note: Keen is often used in the composition of words, most of
which are of obvious signification; as, keen-edged,
keen-eyed, keen-sighted, keen-witted, etc.
Syn: Prompt; eager; ardent; sharp; acute; cutting;
penetrating; biting; severe; sarcastic; satirical;
piercing; shrewd.
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Keenly
(gcide) | Keenly \Keen"ly\, adv.
In a keen manner.
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Keenness
(gcide) | Keenness \Keen"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being keen.
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Nankeen
(gcide) | Nankeen \Nan*keen"\, n. [So called from its being originally
manufactured at Nankin (Nanjing), in China.] [Written also
nankin.]
1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought
from China, made of a species of cotton ({Gossypium
religiosum}) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color
quite indestructible and permanent.
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2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
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3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. --Ld. Lytton.
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Nankeen bird (Zool.), the Australian night heron
(Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.
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Nankeen bird
(gcide) | Nankeen \Nan*keen"\, n. [So called from its being originally
manufactured at Nankin (Nanjing), in China.] [Written also
nankin.]
1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought
from China, made of a species of cotton ({Gossypium
religiosum}) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color
quite indestructible and permanent.
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2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
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3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. --Ld. Lytton.
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Nankeen bird (Zool.), the Australian night heron
(Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.
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palankeen
(gcide) | Palanquin \Pal`an*quin"\, n. [F. palanquin, Pg. palanquim,
Javan. palangki, OJavan. palangkan, through Prakrit fr. Skr.
parya[.n]ka, palya[.n]ka, bed, couch; pari around (akin to E.
pref. peri-) + a[.n]ka a hook, flank, probably akin to E.
angle fishing tackle. Cf. Palkee.]
An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet
long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the
shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in
India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person
from place to place. [Written also palankeen.]
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Wekeen
(gcide) | Wekeen \We*keen"\, n. (Zool.)
The meadow pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
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james mckeen cattell
(wn) | James McKeen Cattell
n 1: American psychologist and editor (1860-1944) [syn:
Cattell, James McKeen Cattell] |
keen-eyed
(wn) | keen-eyed
adj 1: having keen eyesight [syn: keen-eyed, sharp-eyed] |
keen-sighted
(wn) | keen-sighted
adj 1: having very keen vision; "quick-sighted as a cat" [syn:
argus-eyed, hawk-eyed, keen-sighted, lynx-eyed,
quick-sighted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted]
2: capable of seeing to a great distance [syn: eagle-eyed,
keen-sighted, farseeing, longsighted] |
keenly
(wn) | keenly
adv 1: in a keen and discriminating manner; "he was keenly aware
of his own shortcomings" |
keenness
(wn) | keenness
n 1: a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great
acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind" [syn:
acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness]
2: a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
[syn: eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness]
3: thinness of edge or fineness of point [syn: sharpness,
keenness] [ant: bluntness, dullness] |
nankeen
(wn) | nankeen
n 1: a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from
natural cotton having a yellowish color |
palankeen
(wn) | palankeen
n 1: a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers
[syn: palanquin, palankeen] |
skeen arch
(wn) | skeen arch
n 1: an arch whose height is less than half its width [syn:
skeen arch, skene arch, scheme arch, {diminished
arch}] |
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