'Ken' definitions:
Definition of 'ken'
(from WordNet)
noun
Range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken" [syn: cognizance, ken]
noun
The range of vision; "out of sight of land" [syn: sight, ken]
Definition of 'Ken'
From: GCIDE
- Ken \Ken\ (k[e^]n), n. [Perh. from kennel.] A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves. [Slang, Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ken'
From: GCIDE
- Ken \Ken\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kenned (k[e^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Kenning.] [OE. kennen to teach, make known, know, AS. cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth. kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. [root]45. See Can to be able, Know.]
- 1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or Scot.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.] "We ken them from afar." --Addison [1913 Webster]
- 'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ken'
From: GCIDE
- Ken \Ken\, v. i. To look around. [Obs.] --Burton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ken'
From: GCIDE
- Ken \Ken\, n. Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge. "Beyond his ken." --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension. --South. [1913 Webster]
- It was relief to quit the ken And the inquiring looks of men. --Trench. Kendal green
Synonyms of 'ken'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorb,
- acquaintance,
- appreciate,
- apprehend,
- assimilate,
- be acquainted with,
- be apprised of,
- be aware of,
- be cognizant of,
- be conscious of,
- be conversant with,
- be informed,
- be with one,
- behold,
- catch,
- catch on,
- catch sight of,
- clap eyes on,
- clear sight,
- cognize,
- color vision,
- command,
- comprehend,
- comprehension,
- conceive,
- conceptualize,
- cone vision,
- corpus,
- data,
- datum,
- day vision,
- daylight vision,
- descry,
- dig,
- digest,
- discern,
- discernment,
- discover,
- distinguish,
- domination,
- espy,
- experience,
- expertise,
- eye,
- eye-mindedness,
- eyereach,
- eyeshot,
- eyesight,
- facts,
- factual base,
- familiarity,
- farsight,
- farsightedness,
- fathom,
- field of view,
- field of vision,
- follow,
- get,
- get hold of,
- get the drift,
- get the idea,
- get the picture,
- glimpse,
- grasp,
- have,
- have in sight,
- have information about,
- have it taped,
- have knowledge of,
- horizon,
- information,
- intelligence,
- intimacy,
- keen sight,
- know,
- know-how,
- knowing,
- knowledge,
- lay eyes on,
- learn,
- limit of vision,
- line of sight,
- look on,
- look upon,
- make out,
- master,
- naked eye,
- night vision,
- notice,
- observe,
- outlook,
- outlook over,
- perceive,
- perception,
- peripheral field,
- peripheral vision,
- perspective,
- perspicacity,
- perspicuity,
- photopia,
- pick out,
- possess,
- power of sight,
- practical knowledge,
- prehend,
- private knowledge,
- privity,
- prospect,
- purview,
- quick sight,
- range,
- ratio cognoscendi,
- reach,
- read,
- realize,
- recognize,
- rod vision,
- savvy,
- scan,
- scope,
- scope of vision,
- scotopia,
- see,
- seeing,
- seize,
- seize the meaning,
- self-knowledge,
- sense,
- sense of sight,
- sight,
- sightedness,
- sightliness,
- spot,
- spy,
- survey,
- sweep,
- take,
- take in,
- technic,
- technics,
- technique,
- twig,
- twilight vision,
- understand,
- understanding,
- unobstructed vision,
- view,
- vision,
- vista,
- visual acuity,
- visual field,
- visual sense,
- witness,
- wot,
- wot of