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FEN DEFINITIONS - 12 definitions found


Websters 1828 Dictionary

Fen FEN, n. [L. fons, Eng. fountain.]
Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; a moor or marsh.
A long canal the muddy fen divides.
FEN'-BERRY, n. A kind of blackberry.
FEN'-BORN, a. Born or produced in a fen.
FEN'-CRESS, n. Cress growing in fens.
FEN'-CRICKET, n. an insect that digs for itself a little hole in the ground.
FEN'-DUCK, n. a species of wild duck.
FEN'-FOWL, n. any fowl that frequents fens.
FEN'-LAND, n. Marshy land.


WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

fen n 1: 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China 2: low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" [syn: marsh, marshland, fen, fenland]




Anagrams

fen nef

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)

Fen geographical name river 300 miles (483 kilometers) N China in central Shanxi flowing SSE into the Huang

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)

fen I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fenn; akin to Old High German fenna fen, Sanskrit paṅka mud Date: before 12th century low land that is covered wholly or partly with water unless artificially drained and that usually has peaty alkaline soil and characteristic flora (as of sedges and reeds) II. noun (plural fen) Etymology: Chinese (Beijing) fēn Date: 1916 — see yuan at money table

Oxford English Reference Dictionary

fen
n.
1 a low marshy or flooded area of land.
2 (the Fens) flat low-lying areas in and around Cambridgeshire.
Phrases and idioms:
fen-berry (pl. -berries) a cranberry. fen-fire will-o'-the-wisp.
Derivatives:
fenny adj.
Etymology: OE fenn f. Gmc


Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary

fen (fens) Fen is used to refer to an area of low, flat, wet land, especially in the east of England. ...the flat fen lands near Cambridge. N-VAR

English Explanatory Dictionary

fen ̈ɪfen n. 1 a low marshy or flooded area of land. 2 (the Fens) flat low-lying areas in and around Cambridgeshire. øfen-berry (pl. -berries) a cranberry. fen-fire will-o'-the-wisp. øøfenny adj. [OE fenn f. Gmc]

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

FEN A bawd, or common prostitute. Cant.

Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

FEN Free-net Erlangen/Nuernberg

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fen \Fen\, n. [AS. fen, fenn, marsh, mud, dirt; akin to D. veen, OFries. fenne, fene, OHG. fenna, G. fenn, Icel. fen, Goth. fani mud.] Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh. 'Mid reedy fens wide spread. --Wordsworth. Note: Fen is used adjectively with the sense of belonging to, or of the nature of, a fen or fens. Fen boat, a boat of light draught used in marshes. Fen duck (Zo["o]l.), a wild duck inhabiting fens; the shoveler. [Prov. Eng.] Fen fowl (Zo["o]l.), any water fowl that frequent fens. Fen goose (Zo["o]l.), the graylag goose of Europe. [Prov. Eng.] Fen land, swamp land.

Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms

fen n. Marsh, swamp, bog, moor, morass, quagmire.


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