Recent Examples on the WebAccording to Daily Mail Australia, the hen's night — which is the party where all the brides meet each other for the first time — was filmed at Centennial Park's $15 million The Crossways estate in Sydney. Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 17 Aug. 2022 Insert a piece of white chicken wire behind the hen's body, then adhere twigs with hot-glue to create legs and feet. Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022 Effectively Johnson put a fox in charge of the hen house. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 July 2022 Chefs can boil the hen for a longer time while still maintaining its shape and consistency. Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2022 On Monday evening, the storms began along Interstate 94 between Madison and Milwaukee, dropping hen egg-size hail before shifting over Lake Michigan. Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 14 June 2022 Over the Plains, initial supercells could produce hail to the size of hen eggs and wind gusts to 75 mph, along with an isolated brief tornado, before a more widespread wind risk with the nascent MCS. Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 8 June 2022 Under the investments announced last week, Cal-Maine will build four new cage-free hen houses and convert two pullet houses in Utah for a total capacity of 810,000 cage-free layer hens. Kristin Broughton, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2022 Proposition 12 required producers to provide at least 24 square feet of floor space for each breeding pig, 1 square foot for each egg-laying hen, and 43 square feet of floor space for calves raised for veal. Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English henn; akin to Old English hana rooster — more at chant
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of hen was before the 12th century
ADJECTIVE | VERB + HEN | HEN + VERB | HEN + NOUNADJECTIVE➤battery, free-range (especially BrE) 籠養的/放養的母雞➤mother雞媽媽◇She fussed around like a mother hen.她像雞媽媽一樣瞎忙一氣。➤broody要抱窩的母雞➤laying下蛋的母雞➤game (NAmE) (不足 2 磅,常用於烤炙的)童子雞VERB + HEN➤keep飼養母雞HEN + VERB➤lay, lay eggs母雞生蛋◇My hens have stopped laying.我的母雞已經不下蛋了。◇The hen laid three beautiful speckled eggs.母雞下了 3 枚蛋殼上有小斑點的漂亮雞蛋。➤cluck, squawk母雞咯咯叫◇I could hear the hens clucking in the farmyard.我能聽到母雞在農場院子裏咯咯叫。➤roost母雞棲居➤peck, scratch母雞啄食/抓撓◇The hens pecked hopefully at the dusty floor.幾隻母雞啄着滿是塵土的地面覓食。HEN + NOUN➤coop, house雞籠;雞舍