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Meaning of TEEN

Pronunciation:  teen

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years"
 
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 Synonyms: adolescent, immature, teenage, teenaged, young
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Teen\, n. [OE. tene, AS. te['o]na reproach, wrong, fr.
    te['o]n to accuse; akin to G. zeihen, Goth. gateihan to tell,
    announce, L. dicere to say. See {Token}.]
    Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain. [Archaic] --Chaucer. Spenser.
          With public toil and private teen Thou sank'st alone.
                                                   --M. Arnold.
    
  2. \Teen\, v. t. [AS. te['o]nian, t?nan, to slander, vex.
    [root]64. See {Teen}, n.]
    To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure. [Obs.]
    --Piers Plowman.
    
  3. \Teen\, v. t. [See {Tine} to shut.]
    To hedge or fence in; to inclose. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
    
 

 

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