Ken

What do we mean by ken?

Perception; understanding. noun

Range of vision. noun

View; sight. noun

To know (a person or thing). intransitive verb

To recognize. intransitive verb

To have knowledge or an understanding. intransitive verb

A dialectal variant of kine, plural of cow.

To show; declare; teach; point out; tell.

To see; descry; recognize.

To lie within sight of; have a view of.

To know; understand; take cognizance of.

In Scots law, to acknowledge or recognize by a judicial act: as, to ken a widow to her terce (that is, to recognize or decree by a judicial act the right of a widow to the life-rent of her share of her deceased husband's lands). See terce.

To look around; gain knowledge by sight; discern.

A place where low or disreputable characters lodge or meet: as, a padding-ken (a lodging-house for tramps); a sport ing-ken noun

The straight two-edged Japanese sword. noun

An abbreviation of Kentueky. noun

Cognizance; physical or intellectual view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge. noun

A Japanese measure of length, equal to 71½ English inches. noun

To beget; bring forth.

To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life).

Words that are spelled similarly to ken:
ken.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word ken:
loach, dryden, shamrock, deirdre, tucker, burns, bates, norton, russell, footballer, bruce, dave, ron, mike, fred, roberts, bob, thompson, anderson, larry, howard, terry.

Words that rhyme with ken:
pen, then, again, hen, n, when, zen, men, den, amen, wren, gen, ten, en, ben, wen, yen, glen, sen, fen, cayenne, penne, ren, madeleine, chen, jen, asean, penn, bullpen, sten, glenn, bren, thegn, len, playpen, comedienne, shen, cheyenne, tien, nguyen, cnn, venn, winter wren, parisienne, benne, biogen, minutemen, chien, tenn, lpn, duchenne, phnom penh, phen, turkmen, airmen, yuen, time and again, adrienne, clergymen, once again, gwen, sven, marsh hen, light pen, tenne, sdn, penh, big ben, behn, henne, now and then, businessmen, fenn, and then, heath hen, henn, middlemen, splen, kren, benn, maori hen, shenzhen, then again, wise men, gunmen, nexgen, almaden, denn, senn, plzen, but then, gren, renne, chretien, antenne, fountain pen, brood hen, guinea hen, handymen, now and again.

Adjectives that are often used to describe ken:
human, mortal, old, immediate, little, public, poor, young, common, present, hyogo, ordinary, okinawa, prophetic, saintly, okayama, ibaraki, intellectual, mental, nara, normal, fukuoka, shimane, tochigi, narrow, dear, niigata, scientific, nagano, nuclear, farthest, saitama, chun, unwounded, clearest, pious, nep, upper, limited, broad, iwate, utmost, usual, yamaguchi, yamanashi, eager, lesser, clearer, vulgar, excellent, official, universal, dead, oita, yamagata, akita, keen, miyagi, perceptual, gifu, yoneshima, earthly, wakayama, scarce, nagasaki, historic, eastern, shizuoka, holy, remotest, bro, easy, philosophic, saga.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective ken:
earthquake, japan, tel, hokoku, nanbu, kyokai, shu, phone, shoho, guild, ichi, person, officials, oki, rengokai, whare, family, prefecture, game, house, senta, pon, shakaika, dow, radiant, del, telephone, teahouse, indian, uor, grid, light, archives, den, speckle, adviser, governors, university, gun, councils, linkai, llth, centre, jutsu, looshun, staff, nenpo, kankokai, pictures, neighbours, office, hotel, background, empress, nawhat, kyoikukai, museum, mura, honbu, gakko.

Consonant match to ken:
keen, can, con, cone, kin, cane, coin, khan, cain, kern, coon, kane, quean, conn, koine, kain, kean, qin, cannes, kan, caine, koon, cohn, coyne, caen, kuhn, kahn, kun, keane, keene, caan, kon, kirn, cann, kann, cayne, kyne, coan, kaine, koen, cahn, kenn, kuhne, kohn, kinn, kanne, coone, kayne, kinne, kuehn, kearn, kuehne, koehn, koehne, keehn, kehn, kehne, kiehn, kiehne, kiene, kihn, kohne, koone.

Words that sound like ken:
ken, kenn, kenne, can, kin, cun, qin, kun, kinn, ccan, kuhne, kinne, kyn, coin, cane, con, cone, keen, cain, khan, coon, kane, chem, kahn, caine, kine, kean, kon, conn, kan, kayne, cannes, keane, cann, kain, koon, kem, keene, kaine, kuhn, cohn, koen, caan, kaan, coyne, caen, cahn, kann, coan, coone, kohn, keng, cayne, kein, canne, conne, koine, kyne, coign, kanne, kaun, kuehn, qun, koin, kawn, conn., kuehne, qan, koehne, con-, keine, kuen, come, king, kim, cum, kung, comme, kum, kym, qing, cumb, kme, kimm, caem, cung, kham, kimb, khum, com-, kmb, kmn, kmm, calm, cam, cairn, caim, -gen, camb, caam.