keened

/kiːnd/ /kɛnd/

verb

To make cold, to sharpen.

Examples :

"The wind keened my face as I walked to school, making my cheeks numb and my eyes water. "

action technical

verb

To utter a keen.

Examples :

"The mother keened in grief when she heard the news of her son's accident. "

sound language emotion

verb

To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry.

Examples :

"The mother keened with grief when she heard the news about her son. "

sound emotion action soul suffering human

verb

To mourn.

Examples :

"The widow keened for her lost husband, her cries echoing through the silent house. "

emotion suffering soul ritual religion tradition family literature culture human

Meanings

Examples :

"The wind keened my face as I walked to school, making my cheeks numb and my eyes water. "

Examples :

"The mother keened in grief when she heard the news of her son's accident. "

Examples :

"The mother keened with grief when she heard the news about her son. "

Examples :

"The widow keened for her lost husband, her cries echoing through the silent house. "

Related Words

school noun

(collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.

accident noun

An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences.

through noun

A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.

wordless adjective

Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid.

mother noun

A (human) female who has given birth to a baby

husband noun

The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.

making noun

The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.

echoing verb

(of a sound or sound waves) To reflect off a surface and return.

walked verb

To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.

cheeks noun

The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.

sharpen verb

(sometimes figurative) To make sharp.

wailing verb

To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.