fen
Other forms: fens
A fen is a marshy area — a damp, grassy area of ground. If your entire back yard is a fen, you'll want to wear tall rubber boots when you walk your dog.
A fen is similar to a marsh, a mire, a swamp, or a bog. In all of these wetland ecosystems, the water level tends to rise and fall, leaving them constantly soggy to some degree. Fens are distinguished by the kinds of plants that grow there, including tall grasses and moss, and by the acidity of the water. The word fen comes from the Old English fenn, which means "mud, mire, dirt, or marsh."
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low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water“the fens of eastern England”types:salt marshlow-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwatertype of:wetlanda low area where the land is saturated with water
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100 fen equal 1 yuan in Chinatype of:Chinese monetary unitthe monetary unit in the People's Republic of China
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Vocabulary lists containing fen
Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney translates the Old English epic poem about a warrior's battles with a series of monsters.
This adaptation of an Old English epic describes the feats of the warrior Beowulf, who arrives in the great hall of Heorot to defeat a bloodthirsty monster.
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