hen
Synonym of mother-henSynonym of mother-hen.
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive, transitive)Synonym of mother-hen.
(dialectal)To throw.
Examples
163 sentencesThe hen has laid an egg.
Курка відклала яйце. — deniko
ruКурочка снесла яичко. — afyodor
deDas Huhn hat ein Ei gelegt. — manese
That fox must have killed the hen.
Ця лисиця, мабуть, задушила курку. — deniko
ruТа лиса, должно быть, убила курицу. — odexed
deDieser Fuchs da muss das Huhn getötet haben. — samueldora
My neighbor's hen is better than mine.
Сусідська курка краща, ніж моя. — deniko
My hens lay very large brown eggs.
Мої курки несуть величезні коричневі яйця. — deniko
ruМои куры несут очень большие коричневые яйца. — marafon
Yesterday our hens laid a lot more eggs than usual. I wonder why.
Учора наші курки знесли набагато більше яєць, ніж зазвичай. Мені цікаво, чому. — deniko
Origin
From Middle English hen, from Old English henn (“hen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hannju,From Middle English hen, from Old English henn (“hen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hannju, from Proto-Germanic *hanjō (“hen”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan-, *kana- (“to sing”).
From hen (“hence, away”), or a variant of hench.
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Forms
hens, henning, henned, hennedSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle