Ken
[kɛn]
[ken] or [kɛn]
Definition
(n.) A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves.
(n. t.) To know; to understand; to take cognizance of.
(n. t.) To recognize; to descry; to discern.
(v. i.) To look around.
(n.) Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.
Typed by Brooke
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. View, cognizance, sight.
Typed by Bartholdi
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:View, survey, knowledge, cognizance
ANT:Oversight, ignorance, incognizance, inobservance, inexperience, discredulity
Checker: Walter
Definition
n. (slang) a house.
v.t. to know: (arch.) to see and recognise at a distance.—n. range of knowledge or sight.—n. Ken′ning (Bacon) range of vision: (Scot.) a small portion.—adj. Ken′speckle (Scot.) conspicuous—also Ken′speck.
Typist: Ora
Examples
- Is he to be kidnapped to the other ken, Nancy says? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It was the queerest of rooms, fitted and furnished more like a luxurious amateur tap-room than anything else within the ken of Silas Wegg. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Nancy shall go to the ken and fetch it, to make all sure; and I'll lie down and have a snooze while she's gone. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I's jest gwine to camp down, and sleep while I ken. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Ken and can are allied words. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He's been to the other kens of course, and finding them filled with strangers come on here, where he's been many a time and often. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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