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skens

/skɛnz/

skens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sken.

Meaning of sken

Verb

sken (third-person singular simple present skens, present participle skenning, simple past and past participle skenned)

  1. (Northern-English) to squint
    • He skens ill enough to crack a lookin'-glass.1861, Edwin Waugh, The Birtle Carter's Tale About Owd Bodle
  2. (Northern-English) to glance

Words that rhyme with skens

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Questions about skens

What is skens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Skens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sken.
How do you pronounce skens?
Skens is pronounced /skɛnz/.

Words near skens in the dictionary

  1. skeng
  2. skengs
  3. Skennars Head
  4. skenned
  5. skenning
  6. skens
  7. skeo
  8. skeos
  9. skeow-ways
  10. skep
  11. skepful

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skens (page history and authors); sken (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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