[syn: adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Teen \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.
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With public toil and private teen
Thou sank'st alone. --M. Arnold.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Teen \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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Teen \Teen\, v. t. [See Tine to shut.]
To hedge or fence in; to inclose. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Teen \Teen\, n.
a teenager.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
teen
adj 1: being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the
teen years" [syn: adolescent, teen, teenage,
teenaged]
n 1: a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity [syn:
adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen]