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1. hen
noun. ['ˈhɛn'] adult female chicken.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- henne (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Hen
- cnnfn
- tienanmen
- sebastiane
- patrolmen
- )end-the-paren
- councilmen
- (left-paren
- handymen
- comedienne
- )close-paren
- vannguyen
- )right-paren
- madeleine
- knin
- georgienne
- )end-paren
- asean
- anchormen
- teng-wen
- sdn
- salmen
- pitchmen
- ming-jen
- magten
- lpn
- dufresne
- courchesne
- cnn
- beaubien
- adrienne
How do you pronounce hen?
Pronounce hen as hɛn.
US - How to pronounce hen in American English
UK - How to pronounce hen in British English
Sentences with hen
1. Noun, singular or mass
This lead hen will help keep order among the others and settle disputes.
2. Verb, past participle
The toilet paper wedding dress game will likely have hen party guests laughing.
Quotes about hen
1. Sometimes Hen...I think I would give my life just for one of your smiles.
- Julia Quinn, Minx
2. [W]hen someone finds himself quite unjustly attacked and hated on all sides, there is no need for such a person to feel dismayed by misfortune. See how Fortune, who has harmed many a one, is so inconstant, for God, Who opposes all wrong deeds, raises up those in whom hope dwells.
- Christine de Pizan, Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc
3. ...wanting soul life without the dark, warming intelligence of personal doubt is like expecting an egg without the brooding heat of the mother hen.
- David Whyte
3. hen-of-the-woods
noun. large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees.
