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# fen

noun (a fen, fens; the Fens — a region in England)

«fen» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A fen is low, flat, wet land, like a marsh, often with reeds and peat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fen/#m1)
2. The Fens are a large flat area of eastern England, much of it drained for farming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fen/#m2)
3. (Mandarin, pinyin) fēn is a Chinese money unit (one hundredth of a yuan) and a word for «minute» or «points»; it is not an English word in that sense. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fen/#m3)

### In the lessons

Geography and nature lessons about wetlands; history (Hereward the Wake, draining the Fens). Stories set in eerie marshes. Phrases: the Fens, fen land, fenland.

### Examples

- The fen was full of reeds and birds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fen/#x1)
- Much of the Fens was drained to grow crops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fen/#x2)
- Mist rose over the fen at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fen/#x3)
- Peat forms in a fen over thousands of years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fen/#x4)
- Ely Cathedral stands like a ship above the Fens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fen/#x5)
- (Mandarin, pinyin) In China, ten fen make one jiao. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fen/#x6)
- Over woodland and heath, flood and fen, they flew on, till they reached the wild moor, over which they hovered in broad circles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fen/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Fenland is the land of fens. A fen is fed by groundwater and less acid than a bog. Names: the Fens (capital F) is a place.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means marshy ground where reeds grow.

**Interpretation.** It is the habitat of the great beast Behemoth in Job.

### Examples

- He lieth under the lotus-trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. (Writings JOB.40.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fen/#x1)

### Note

Countable. Fenland is the land of fens. A fen is fed by groundwater and less acid than a bog. Names: the Fens (capital F) is a place.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fen» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fen/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fen» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fen.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «fen» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fen/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fen» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fen.html) on Mova free.