hen
/hɛn/
A female chicken, especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs; A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl; A woman; A woman.
- plural
- hens
Meanings
- 1
A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs
I don't have many hens.
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The hen has laid an egg.
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- 2
A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl
- 3
A woman
- 4
A woman.; A bride-to-be, particularly in the context of a hen night
- 5
A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustaceanrare
- 6
A hen nightrare
- 7
An affectionate term of address used to women or girlsrare
- 8
The penis of a trans womanrare
- 9
A henlike person of either sexrare
- 10
The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), a bivalve shellfishrare