Definition of "teen" in Anglais

noun

1. Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive).

   • In the safety alert, the NTSB educates parents on the risks and outlines what they can do to protect their teens against marijuana-impaired driving.

adjective

1. Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage

   • teen fashion

noun

1. (archaic) Grief; sorrow; trouble.

   • The Soldan changed hue for grief and teen, / On that sad book his shame and loss he lear'd.
   • That City's sombre Patroness and Queen, / In bronze sublimity she gazes forth / Over her Capital of teen and threne

2. (archaic or obsolete) Vexation; anger; hate.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.

2. (reflexive, obsolete) To become angry or distressed.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete or dialectal, Devon) To close, to shut; to enclose, to hedge or fence in.

   • Hie tho' off […] or th' dur may be teen'd.