TEEN

adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged

(adjective) being of the age 13 through 19; “teenage mothers”; “the teen years”

adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen

(noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

teen (plural teens)

A teenager.

Adjective

teen (not comparable)

Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage

Etymology 2

Noun

teen (plural teens)

(archaic) Grief; sorrow; trouble.

Synonyms: ill-fortune, harm, suffering

(archaic or obsolete) Vexation; anger; hate.

Etymology 3

Verb

teen (third-person singular simple present teens, present participle teening, simple past and past participle teened)

(transitive, obsolete) To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.

(reflexive, obsolete) To become angry or distressed.

Etymology 4

Verb

teen (third-person singular simple present teens, present participle teening, simple past and past participle teened)

(transitive, obsolete, provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose.

Anagrams

• -tene, EENT, NEET, neet

Source: Wiktionary


Teen, n. Etym: [OE. tene, AS. teóna reproach, wrong, fr. teón to accuse; akin to G. zeihen, Goth. gateihan to tell, announce, L. dicere to say. See Token.]

Definition: Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain. [Archaic] Chaucer. Spenser. With public toil and private teen Thou sank'st alone. M. Arnold.

Teen, v. t. Etym: [AS. teónian, t, to slander, vex. *64. See Teen, n.]

Definition: To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Teen, v. t. Etym: [See Tine to shut.]

Definition: To hedge or fence in; to inclose. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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