keen
verb/kiːn/
/kiːn/
[intransitive] usually used in the progressive tenses (literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they keen | /kiːn/ /kiːn/ |
| he / she / it keens | /kiːnz/ /kiːnz/ |
| past simple keened | /kiːnd/ /kiːnd/ |
| past participle keened | /kiːnd/ /kiːnd/ |
| -ing form keening | /ˈkiːnɪŋ/ /ˈkiːnɪŋ/ |
- to make a loud, high sad sound, when somebody has diedWord Originverb mid 19th cent.: from Irish caoinim ‘I wail’.
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