Englishfor English speakers
C1
hen English
Meaning hen meaning
What does hen mean?
Definitions in simple English
hen
hen
Synonyms hen synonyms
What other words have the same or similar meaning as hen?
hen English » English
Topics hen topics
What do people use hen to talk about?
-
What species of bird are there?accipiter accipitrine anhinga albatross aquiline auk avocet bittern blackbird blackcap bluebird blue jay bobolink bobwhite booby brant bullfinch bunting bustard buteo buzzard canary caracara cardinal cassowary catbird chat chickadee chicken cock cockatoo cormorant condor coot crane crepuscular crow cuckoo curlew cygnet dove drake duck duckling dunlin eagle eaglet egret eider emu erne falcon fieldfare finch flamingo flicker flycatcher fulmar gallinule gander gannet gnatcatcher goatsucker godwit goldfinch goose goshawk gosling grackle grebe grouse gull gyrfalcon hawk hen heron hoopoe hummingbird ibis jackdaw jaeger jay junco kea kingbird kingfisher kite kittiwake kiwi lapwing lark loon lovebird lyrebird macaw magpie mallard martin merganser mew moa mockingbird myna mynah nighthawk nightjar nonpasserine nuthatch oriole oscine osprey ostrich owl parakeet passerine parrot partridge peacock peafowl peahen peewit pelican penguin peregrine petrel pewee pewit phalarope pheasant pigeon pintail pipit plover ptarmigan puffin quail quetzal rail ratite raven redbird rhea ricebird ringdove robin rooster rook runner sandpiper sapsucker scoter seagull shearwater shelduck siskin skua snipe snowbird sparrow spoonbill squab starling stilt stork swallow swan swift tailorbird tanager teal tern thrasher thrush tit titmouse towhee trumpeter tumbler turkey turnstone turtledove vireo vulture vulturine wading warbler waxwing weaverbird whistler willet woodcock woodpecker wren yellowhammer yellowlegs yellowthroat
-
What words refer to a male or female animal?
-
What words refer to chickens?
-
Where are domesticated birds kept?
-
What kinds of buildings are used by animals?
Examples hen examples
How do I use hen in a sentence?
Simple sentences
That fox must have killed the hen.
This hen lays an egg almost every day.
The hen sits on her eggs until they hatch.
The hen keeps her brood under her.
That's the meat of a hen.
The hen lays an egg almost every day.
The hen hatched five eggs.
This hen does not lay eggs at all these days.
How many eggs does this hen lay each week?
Many times, a hen-pecked husband doesn't know his problems until he talks to a happy bachelor.
She is like a hen with one chicken.
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
The hen has eight chicks.
If a hen has ten chicks, how many hens does a chick have?
The hen has laid an egg.
Telephone booths are as scarce as hen's teeth around here.
He and his wife both work and his salary is lower than hers, so no wonder he is a hen-pecked husband.
He is a hen-pecked husband.
It is essential to prevent salmonella contamination in hen egg production.
What came first? The egg or the hen?
A critic is a hen that clucks while others are laying.
The supply of game for London is going steadily up. Head-keeper Hudson, we believe, has been now told to receive all orders for fly-paper and for preservation of your hen-pheasant's life.
Even a black hen lays white eggs.
Movie subtitles
A genuine hen's egg.
An egg, an authentic, genuine hen's egg!
On my ranch I got a little red rooster and a little brown hen. and they fight all the time, too.
Sneak up. Come on, hen. Men.
He's like an old mother hen with his bills and rents and taxes.
Makes good eatin'-wild hen.
I have to hover over all of you like an old hen.
Could I have a little one, just enough to fill a hen's ear?
In October, when you had breast of guinea hen in Madeira that was perfection, Mrs. Lane.
I shall hover around for a while like an old mother hen.
That's a breed of hen.
Latour worshipped him. Guided Paradine's every step like a mother hen.
Look at them up there, looks like a hen roost.
He's got no more sense than a setting hen in a hurricane.
Just a minute, my little hen.
Come on, hen.
I just saw the cook take them from under the hen with his own hands.
Everything is left to me. I have to hover over you like an old hen.
No, I'm a mud hen, a bird, a canary.
She's clucking like a hen.
Shut up, you old hen!
A combless cock so Kate will be my hen.
You sound just like a mother hen looking after a little chick.
From the look of all that egg, that hen must have had a hard time laying it.
We'll squeak up. Sneak up. Come on, hen.
Frank never allows anybody to help him. He's like an old mother hen with his bills and rents and taxes.
T hen Israel out?
In October, when you had breast of guinea hen in Madeira that was perfection, Mrs. Lane. Lucky man, your husband.
Time I was killing a hen for supper.
You're like an old hen, Laidell.
Look at the mother hen with all her chicks!
All right, Will, you old hen.
Come along, you wet hen.
It's a busy hen house!
News and current affairs
A hen's beak is full of nerve tissue - it is, after all, her principal means of relating to her environment - but no anesthetic or analgesic is used to relieve the pain.