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YEN (yenned, yenning)

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Irregular inflected forms: yenned  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, yenning  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does yen mean? 

YEN (noun)
  The noun YEN has 2 senses:

1. a yearning for something or to do somethingplay

2. the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 senplay

  Familiarity information: YEN used as a noun is rare.


YEN (verb)
  The verb YEN has 1 sense:

1. have a desire for something or someone who is not presentplay

  Familiarity information: YEN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A yearning for something or to do something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

hankering; yen

Hypernyms ("yen" is a kind of...):

hungriness; longing; yearning (prolonged unfulfilled desire or need)

Derivation:

yen (have a desire for something or someone who is not present)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("yen" is a kind of...):

Japanese monetary unit (monetary unit in Japan)

Meronyms (parts of "yen"):

sen (a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel)


YEN (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Have a desire for something or someone who is not present

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

ache; languish; pine; yearn; yen

Context example:

I am pining for my lover

Hypernyms (to "yen" is one way to...):

hanker; long; yearn (desire strongly or persistently)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "yen"):

die (languish as with love or desire)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

yen (a yearning for something or to do something)


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