[keen] 
| 1. | finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor. |
| 2. | sharp, piercing, or biting: a keen wind; keen satire. |
| 3. | characterized by strength and distinctness of perception; extremely sensitive or responsive: keen eyes; keen ears. |
| 4. | having or showing great mental penetration or acumen: keen reasoning; a keen mind. |
| 5. | animated by or showing strong feeling or desire: keen competition. |
| 6. | intense, as feeling or desire: keen ambition; keen jealousy. |
| 7. | eager; interested; enthusiastic (often fol. by about, on, etc., or an infinitive): She is really keen on going swimming. |
| 8. | Slang. great; wonderful; marvelous. |
[keen] | 1. | a wailing lament for the dead. |
| 2. | to wail in lamentation for the dead. |
| 3. | to bewail or lament by or with keening. |
| keen 1 (kēn) adj. keen·er, keen·est
[Middle English kene, from Old English cēne, brave.] keen'ly adv., keen'ness n. |
| keen 2 (kēn) n. A loud, wailing lament for the dead. intr.v. keened, keen·ing, keens To wail in lamentation, especially for the dead. See Synonyms at cry. [From Irish Gaelic caoineadh, from caoninim, I lament, from Old Irish caínim, coínim, perhaps of Brittonic origin.] keen'er n. |
