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keens

USKEENZ/kinz/

2 meanings of keens

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  1. 1
    verb
    Third-person singular simple present of keen. Use it when one person cries out in grief right now.

    She keens at the graveside while the mourners stand in silence.

    Every night the old woman keens for her lost son.

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  2. 2
    noun
    Plural of keen. Use this form for more than one sad cry sung for the dead.

    The keens rose from the cottage as the family gathered around the coffin.

    Her grandmother's keens still echo in her memory.

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keens is a form of keen

keen, verb: To cry out loudly and for a long time because someone has died. Full entry

Forms
keenkeens he/she/itkeening -ing formkeened past tense, past participle
Spelling
keen → keens: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /z/.

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