hen

[US]/hen/
[UK]/hɛn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. female poultry; a female chicken

Example Sentences

hen dung (=hen manure)

the hen was cackling as if demented.

a hen coming into lay.

This hen is gray with white speckles.

The hen laid three eggs.

It is time for hens to brood.

The hen gave a squawk when it saw the cat.

these hens lay like clockwork.

the natural life of a hen is seven years.

A hen hovers her chicks.

a brood hen; a brood mare.

We eat hens' egg.

The police suspected that there was a hen on.

The hens pecked at the corn.

The hen is brooding her eggs.

The hen brought off a brood of young.

A hen hatches chickens.

The boy has got a hen sparrow.

The hen pecked a hole in the sack.

Real-world Examples

Just then a big brown hen jumped from a nest.

Source: American Elementary School English 1

Is one of them a rooster or are they all hens?

Source: Flipped Selected

This is a hen: these are her chicks.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 1

Battery cages for egg-laying hens were banned in 2012, for instance.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Cluck! cluck! cluck! cried the hen from the yard.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 1

Without making a sound, he took the magic hen and ran from the castle.

Source: American Elementary English 2

The fox can catch the hen, and get the eggs in the nest

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 1

Has the black hen left the nest?

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 1

The hen has run to her nest.

Source: Original Chinese Language Class in American Elementary Schools

Uh, Cornish hens are delicious. - God, so good.

Source: Our Day Season 2

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