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Meaning:
Adjective:
- acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness.
- bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.
- eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite.
- piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc,; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
- sharp; having a fine edge or point.
- with "to"| + infinitive|or|with "on" Enthusiastic
- informal|dated Marvelous.
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Noun:
- A prolonged wail for a deceased person.
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Verb:
- Ireland|intransitive To utter a keen.
- rare To sharpen; to make cold.
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