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fen  (fn)
n.
Low, flat, swampy land; a bog or marsh.
[Middle English, from Old English fenn.]
fen
Noun
Brit low-lying flat marshy land [Old English fenn]
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Noun1.fen - 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China
Chinese monetary unit - the monetary unit in the People's Republic of China
jiao - 10 jiao equal 1 yuan in China
2.fenfen - low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England"
fenland, marsh, marshland
salt marsh - low-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater
wetland - a low area where the land is saturated with water
fen
noun marsh, moss Scot. swamp, bog, slough, quagmire, holm (dialect) morass, pakihi N.Z. muskeg Canad.
Translations
French fen [fɛn] n (Brit);
the Fens → les plaines fpl du Norfolk (anciennement marécageuses)
German fen [fɛn] (Brit) n the Fens → die Niederungen in East Anglia
Italian fen [fɛn] n (BRIT): the Fens → la regione delle Fen
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I judged at once that some of my shipmates must be drawing near along the borders of the fen.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
As he did so, a small case in which the Doctor was accustomed to carry the lists of his day's duties, fen lightly on the floor.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
After pacing backward and forward slowly for some little time, he stopped at the lower extremity of the garden, and, leaning on the fen ce, looked down listlessly at the smooth flow of the river.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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