 8 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ken
noun
1: range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"
[syn: {cognizance}]
2: the range of vision; "out of sight of land" [syn: {sight}]
[also: {kent}, {kenning}, {kenned}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ken \Ken\, verb (used without an object)
To look around. [Obs.] --Burton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ken \Ken\, noun
Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge.
''Beyond his ken.'' --Longfellow.
Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension.
--South.
It was relief to quit the ken
And the inquiring looks of men. --Trench.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ken \Ken\ (k[e^]n), noun [Perh. from kennel.]
A house; esp., one which is a resort for thieves. [Slang,
Eng.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ken \Ken\, verb (used with an object) [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.]
2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.]
''We ken them from afar.'' --Addison
'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. --Shak.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
155 Moby Thesaurus words for "ken":
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
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
ken /ken/ n.
1. [Unix] Ken Thompson, principal inventor of Unix. In the
early days he used to hand-cut distribution tapes, often with a note
that read "Love, ken". Old-timers still use his first name (sometimes
uncapitalized, because it's a login name and mail address) in
third-person reference; it is widely understood (on Usenet, in
particular) that without a last name 'Ken' refers only to Ken Thompson.
Similarly, Dennis without last name means Dennis Ritchie (and he is
often known as dmr). See also {demigod}, {{Unix}}. 2. A flaming user.
This was originated by the Software Support group at Symbolics because
the two greatest flamers in the user community were both named Ken.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
ken
/ken/
1. {Ken Thompson}
2. A flaming user. This was originated by the Software
Support group at {Symbolics} because the two greatest flamers
in the user community were both named Ken.
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