kent

UK /kɛnt/ US /kɛnt/

name 5noun 3verb 1

Definitions

name

A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.

A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into Morecambe Bay at Arnside.

A hamlet in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1310).

A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.

A coastal fishing village in the Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.

noun

A shepherd's staff.

A pole or pike.

cunt.

verb

To propel (a boat) using a pole.

Collocations

ADJ.

near, powerful, preferred, principal

She was the principal kent figure in the independence movement throughout Scotland.

VERB + KENT

saw, time

I saw Kent last time I visited my sister in London.

KENT + NOUN

family, hero, professor, superman, syler

My professor kent the importance of hard work and instilled it in all his students.

PREP.

I hadn't kent in that part of Scotland before, so the local dialect took me by surprise.

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Kent Syler, a professor of political science at Middle Tennessee State University, told Newsweek in an interview Tuesday evening that the "aggressive" gerrymandering will make it "very, very difficult

Wiktionary

The last time I saw Kent, he was very well.

Tatoeba · #58085

Kent is a born leader.

Tatoeba · #387553

Clark Kent is the hero of the Superman stories.

Tatoeba · #681164

Mrs and Mr Kent preferred to go to the mountains last summer.

Tatoeba · #1230172

Clark Kent is Superman.

Tatoeba · #2775393

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, kent is marked as slang, euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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