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keen2

Pronunciation: /kiːn/

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Definition of keen

verb

[no object]

wail in grief for a dead person: the body of Johnny was taken by his own people who keened over him (as adjective keening)their keening womenfolk
(usually as noun keening) make an eerie wailing sound:the keening of the cold night wind