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Noun: ken  ken
  1. Range of what one can know or understand
    "beyond my ken";
    - cognizance, cognisance [Brit]
     
  2. The range of vision
    "The ship disappeared from their ken";
    - sight
Verb: ken (kenned,kenning)  ken
Usage: UK, dialect
  1. (Scottish) know or understand
    "I dinna ken what ye mean"
Noun: Ken.
  1. A state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
    - Kentucky, Bluegrass State, KY

Derived forms: kenning, kens, kenned

Type of: American state, compass, grasp, knowing, range, reach

Part of: America, 'Merica, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

Encyclopedia: Ken, Thomas