keen

keen englannista suomeksi

1. kova, kiihkeä

2. itkuvirsi

3. terävä

4. tarkka

5. pureva

6. laulaa itkuvirttä

7. erinomainen

0. Substantiivi

0. Verbi

keen englanniksi

1. (senseid) Often with a phrase, or with (m) and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.

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2. (quote-book)

3. 2000, Green (author)|Jane Green, ''Bookends'', London: (w), (ISBN); republished as ''Bookends: A Novel'', trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: (w), 2003, (ISBN), page 304:

In fact, she doesn't mention the fact that I've obviously been avoiding her, just sounds genuinely thrilled to hear from me, and as soon as I mention getting together she suggests Monday, which is rather keen, even for Portia.

4. Fierce, intense, vehement.

5. Having a fine edge or point; sharp.

6. Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.

7. (RQ:Shakespeare Sonnets)

8. Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.

9. Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.

10. 1764 December 19 (indicated as 1765), (w), ''Traveller (poem)|The Traveller, or a Prospect of Society. A Poem. Inscribed to the Rev. Henry Goldsmith'', London: Printed for Newbery|John Newbery, (OCLC); 3rd edition, London: Printed for J. Newbury,(sic) in St Paul's Cathedral|St. Paul's Church-yard, 1765, (OCLC), page 10:

Chearful at morn he wakes from ſhort repoſe, / Breaſts the keen air, and carolls as he goes; (..)

11. Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive.

12. Marvelous.

13. Brave, courageous; audacious, bold.

14. To make cold, to sharpen.

15. (RQ:Thomson Autumn) is the pureſt exerciſe of health, / The kind refreſher of the ſummer-heats; / Nor, when cold (smallcaps) keens the brightening flood, / Would I weak-ſhivering linger on the brink.

16. A prolonged wail for a deceased person.

17. (senseid) To utter a keen.

18. 20th century, Stuart Howard-Jones (1904–1974), “Hibernia”, in (w), comp., ''The New Oxford Book of English Light Verse'', New York, N.Y.: (w), 1978, (ISBN), page 243:

Last night he had put down too much ''Potheen'' / (A vulgar blend of Methyl and Benzene) / That, at some Wake, he might the better keen. / (Keen—meaning 'brisk'? Nay, here the Language warps: / 'Tis singing bawdy Ballads to a Corpse.)

19. To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.

20. (RQ:Wolfe New Sun)

21. To mourn.

22. (inflection of)

23. no, not a, not any

24. no, not any, not a

25. you, thou (gloss)

26. bring

27. sharp