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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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