Yen

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A strong desire or inclination; a yearning or craving.
  • verb-intransitive. To have a strong desire or inclination; yearn.
  • n. See Table at currency.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The unit of Japanese currency, equal to 100 sen.
  • n. A coin or note worth one yen.
  • n. A strong desire, urge, or yearning.
  • v. To have a strong desire for.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The unit of value and account in Japan. The yen is equal to 100 sen. From Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, to about 1913 the value of the yen was about 50 cents. In 1997 and 1998 the value of the yen varied from 80 per U. S. dollar to 120 per dollar.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A name given by the Indians about the Klamath Lakes of Oregon to the short-nosed sucker, Chasmistes brevirostris.
  • A dialectal form of yon.
  • n. A variant of eyen, plural of eye.
  • n. The monetary unit of Japan since 1871, represented
  • n. by a gold coin weighing 1.666 grams, .900 fine, and thus practically equal in value to the United States gold dollar; and
  • n. by a silver coin weighing 26.956 grams (416 grains), .900 fine, and thus about equal to the silver dollar of the United States.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. have a desire for something or someone who is not present
  • n. the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen
  • n. a yearning for something or to do something
  • Verb Form
    yenned    yenning    yens   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    yenned    yenning   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    desire    urge    yearning    hankering    craving   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adrienne    Amen    Ben    Cayenne    Chen    Cheyenne    Den    Gen    Glen    Glenn   
    Same Context
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