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keen

/kiːn/

adjective1 of 2

being eager or excited for something to happen

  • “Flies have a keen sense of smell for decaying matter.”Tatoeba
  • “I was keen on classical music in my school days.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

verb2 of 2

To make cold, to sharpen.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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