teen adj 1: being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years" [syn: {adolescent}, {teen}, {teenage}, {teenaged}] n 1: a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity [syn: {adolescent}, {stripling}, {teenager}, {teen}]
Teen \Teen\, v. t. [AS. te['o]nian, t?nan, to slander, vex. [root]64. See {Teen}, n.] To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
Teen \Teen\, v. t. [See {Tine} to shut.] To hedge or fence in; to inclose. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
Teen \Teen\, n. a {teenager}. [PJC]
Teen \Teen\, n. [OE. tene, AS. te['o]na reproach, wrong, fr. te['o]n to accuse; akin to G. zeihen, Goth. gateihan to tell, announce, L. dicere to say. See {Token}.] Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain. [Archaic] --Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster] With public toil and private teen Thou sank'st alone. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]