Meaning of Fen | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.
2. A unit of currency in China, one-hundredth of a yuan.
3. a plural of fan used by enthusiasts of science fiction, fantasy, and anime, partly from whimsy and partly to distinguish themselves from fans of sport, etc.
   slang
4. A fennec fox.
   Internet, informal, slang
5. A kind of mildew that grows on hops.
   obsolete, uncountable
6. Any swamp or mire (especially with negative connotations).
   broadly

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonyms: marsh, swamp, bog, mire”

“Bogs are acidic, nutrient poor, and have⟳ a low species diversity, whereas fens are less acidic and have⟳ higher nutrient levels and species diversity.”

“Bogs are acidic peatlands, while fens are non-acidic peatlands.”

“[...] fens are alkaline. In fact, the precise acidity of a fen depends on the soil through which in-seeping waters have⟳ percolated. Northeastern fens vary⟳ from somewhat acidic to highly basic (Johnson, 1985, p. 27).”

“Caliban: As wicked dewe, as ere my mother bruſh'd / With Rauens feather from vnwholeſome Fen / Drop on you both : A Southweſt blow⟳ on yee, / And bliſter you all ore.”

“Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: / England hath need⟳ of thee: she is a fen / Of stagnant waters […]”

“In dark fens of the Dismal Swamp / The hunted Negro lay⟳; …”

“As the sob of the breeze/Sweeps over the trees/And the mists lie⟳ low on the fen...”

“He was freezing to death in the flat mud of the Suffolk fens, too proud to go home without a catch⟳.”

“One poster, which appeared on the Barkhor on 20 May, ridiculed the way neighbourhood committees were recruiting participants: “We paid 30 fen for one stone, but you hire⟳ people for 30 yuan for the picnic in the Norbulingka” (“30 fen” — one hundred fen is one yuan — is a joking reference to Chinese accusations that Tibetans were paid 30 fen by splittists for each stone thrown on 1 October 1987).”

“Sad to relate⟳, some of the European delegates were probably insurgents rather than true fen. […] But the Europeans could be counted on to take⟳ the long view⟳, and many of them would probably turn⟳ out to be real fen and fenne after all.”

“So I’m glad the attached hotel block⟳ is entirely reserved for disabled fen! Traveling on mass transit is tiring even when everything’s up to code.”

“Your fursona holding mine while she's arguing with some random person Like⟳ you're cradling the little fen & she's screaming out threats”

“I always wondered why foxes go flat-ear mode whenever they are happy or screaming, very cute fen btw”

“Just because an animal doesnt fight⟳ when you pet them doesn't mean⟳ they like⟳ it. If a fen's ears are back like⟳ that leave⟳ them the fuck alone”

“What a little tooty! BTW I really liked your post⟳ on information about fens! Thank⟳ you for getting more info out there❣️”

“[…]whereby the ſtagnating ſap corrupts, and breeds mouldy fen, which often ſpoils whole tracts of, till then, flouriſhing hop-grounds.”

“Among these are reckoned the wire worm; the flea, and the fly⟳; the fen or mould; the mildew ; and what are usually called fire blasts.”

“The mould, the fen, or the mouldy-fen, prevails more on hop-grounds which are low, moist, and sheltered, than on such as are high, dry, and open⟳[…]”

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