How to pronounce“hen”in English
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Definitions of “hen”
A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
“She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.”
A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
“In Tain, north of Inverness, staff detected 11 males and at least seven hens – the highest number there since 2011.”
Synonym of mother-hen.
“Once he had flared up, "If ever a man was henned, it's me!"”
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