# keens

Pronunciation: US say "KEENZ" /kinz/; UK

## Verb

1. Third-person singular simple present of keen. — third-person singular simple present indicative of keen
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of keen. Use it when one person cries out in grief right now.
   - _The widow keens over the body until her voice gives out._
   - _Each spring the village elder keens for the sailors who never returned._

## Noun

2. Plural of keen. — plural of keen
   - Simple: Plural of keen. Use this form for more than one sad cry sung for the dead.
   - _The keens of the mourning women carried across the valley at dusk._
   - _Folklorists recorded several keens before the last singers passed away._

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