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keen
Adjective
  • ∙ showing a quick and ardent willingness or responsiveness, enthusiastic, eager; interested, intense.
  • ∙ vehement; fierce
  • ∙ sharp; having a fine edge or point.
  • ∙ acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness.
  • ∙ bitter; piercing; acrimonious;
  • ∙ piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc.
  • ∙ enthusiastic. Britain, often with "to" + infinitive or with a prepositional phrase
  • ∙ marvelous. US, informal, dated
  • ∙ extremely low as to be competitive. Britain
  • ∙ brave, courageous; bold, audacious. obsolete
Verb
  • ∙ To sharpen; to make cold. transitive, rare
Noun
  • ∙ A prolonged wail for a deceased person.
Verb
  • ∙ To utter a keen. intransitive
  • ∙ To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry. transitive
  • ∙ To mourn. transitive