teen
To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injureTo excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
Meaning
3 senses(obsolete, transitive)To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
(obsolete, reflexive)To become angry or distressed.
(Devon, dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To close, to shut; to enclose, to hedge or fence in.
Examples
110 sentencesShe got married in her teens.
Вона одружилася у віці до двадцяти років. — ascolto
ruОна вышла замуж, когда ей ещё не было двадцати. — Selena777
deSie heiratete im Teenageralter. — mayabe
Tom was a teen at the time.
Tom is still in his teens.
deTom ist noch ein Jugendlicher. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom got married in his teens.
My sister got married in her teens.
ruМоя сестра вышла замуж, когда ей не было и двадцати. — sharptoothed
Origin
From Middle English tenen, from Old English tēonian, tȳnan (“to vex, annoy, provoke”), froFrom Middle English tenen, from Old English tēonian, tȳnan (“to vex, annoy, provoke”), from Proto-West Germanic *tiunijan, from Proto-Germanic *tiunijaną.
From Middle English tenen, tinen, from Old English tȳnan (“to fence, inclose, shut, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *tūnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną (“fence, enclosure”). Doublet of tine. Cognate with Dutch tuinen, German zäunen. Related to English town.
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Forms
teens, teening, teened, teenedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- in her teens
- in his teens
- late teens