YEN (yenned, yenning)

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Irregular inflected forms: yenned    , yenning   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does yen mean? 

• YEN (noun)
  The noun YEN has 2 senses:

1. a yearning for something or to do something

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

  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 present

  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)