keen vs pitched

keen

adj
  • Fierce, intense, vehement. 

  • Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested. 

  • Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp. 

  • Having a fine edge or point; sharp. 

  • Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp. 

  • Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive. 

  • Acrimonious, bitter, piercing. 

noun
  • A prolonged wail for a deceased person. 

verb
  • To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry. 

  • To mourn. 

  • To make cold, to sharpen. 

  • To utter a keen. 

pitched

adj
  • Fought at a particular place and time, at which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; (later especially) involving sustained, intense military (or by extension, political, legal etc.) fighting. 

  • Having a slope. 

  • Covered in pitch. 

  • Having a specified tonal range. 

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