"kent" meaning in English

See kent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɛnt/ Audio: en-us-kent.ogg [US] Forms: kents [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: Perhaps a variant of the verb cant. Etymology templates: {{m|en|cant}} cant Head templates: {{en-noun}} kent (plural kents)
  1. (Scotland) A shepherd's staff. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-kent-en-noun-7pURPhRR Categories (other): Scottish English
  2. (Scotland) A pole or pike. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-kent-en-noun-xEPxJ9RW Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /kɛnt/ Audio: en-us-kent.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} kent
  1. simple past and past participle of ken Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: ken Derived forms: eath-kent
    Sense id: en-kent-en-verb-azmDFpkR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with unexpected final devoicing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 17 44 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 15 12 57 16 Disambiguation of English terms with unexpected final devoicing: 21 13 47 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kɛnt/ Audio: en-us-kent.ogg [US] Forms: kents [present, singular, third-person], kenting [participle, present], kented [participle, past], kented [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: Perhaps a variant of the verb cant. Etymology templates: {{m|en|cant}} cant Head templates: {{en-verb}} kent (third-person singular simple present kents, present participle kenting, simple past and past participle kented)
  1. (Scotland) To propel (a boat) using a pole. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-kent-en-verb-I-f3BTzh Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for kent meaning in English (3.7kB)

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