Definition of KEN

ken

Meanings

Plural: ken, kenim, kens

Noun

  • range of what one can know or understand
    • "beyond my ken"
  • the range of vision
  • Range of perception.
  • Knowledge, perception, or sight.
  • Range of sight.
  • A house, especially a den of thieves.
  • Youth or children's group.
  • A Japanese unit of length equal to six shakus.
  • The tsurugi (type of sword).

Verb

  • To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life).
  • To know, perceive or understand.
  • To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English kennen (“to give birth, conceive, generate, beget; to develop (as a fetus), hatch out (of eggs); to sustain, nourish, nurture”), from Old English cennan (“to give birth, conceive, generate, beget”), from Proto-West Germanic *kannjan, from Proto-Germanic *kanjaną.

Synonyms

cognizance, sight

Scrabble Score: 7

ken is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ken is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ken is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

ken is a valid Words With Friends word