ken

🇺🇸 /ken/ 🇬🇧 /ken/
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noun
R

A small hill or group of hills.

The sheep grazed peacefully on the ken.

R

A small, fenced area of land.

The farmer had a ken for his prized goats.

R

Understanding or knowledge of a subject.

He has a wide ken of historical events.

verb
R

To be familiar with something.

She kens the area, having lived there for many years.

translation

n. A small hill or group of hills.; A small, fenced area of land.; Understanding or knowledge of a subject.
v. To be familiar with something.

Word Forms

Past kenned
Progressive kenning
3rd Present kens
Plural kens
Perfect kenned