Entry 4 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913 Teen /tēn/ · IPA /tiːn/ n. v. t. v. t. n. 01 n. Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain. 1. Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain.[Archaic] “With public toil and private teen Thou sank'st alone.” — M. Arnold. 02 v. t. To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure. 1. To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure.[Obs.] 03 v. t. To hedge or fence in; to inclose. 1. To hedge or fence in; to inclose.[Prov. Eng.] 04 n. a teenager. 1. a teenager. See: teenager