HEN-AND-CHICKENS

Meaning of HEN-AND-CHICKENS in English

/hen"euhn chik"euhnz/ , n. , pl. hens-and-chickens .

any of several succulent plants that grow in clusters or colonies formed by runners or offshoots, as those of the genera Echeveria and Sempervivum. Cf. houseleek .

[ 1785-95 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

HEN AND CHICKENS — noun Date: 1884 any of several plants having offsets, runners, or flowers that send out shoots
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HEN AND CHICKENS — noun ( plural hens and chickens ) : any of several plants having offsets, runners, or proliferous flowers: as a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEN AND CHICKENS — Date: 1884 : any of several plants having offsets, runners, or flowers that send out shoots ; especially : houseleek
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HEN AND CHICKENS — Function: noun Date: 1884 : any of several plants having offsets, runners, or flowers that send out shoots especially : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HEN AND CHICKENS — ■ noun a houseleek or other plant producing additional small flower heads or offshoots. [ Jovibarba sobilifera and other species.]
Concise Oxford English vocab
HEN AND CHICKENS — [hen and chickens] n (1884): any of several plants having offsets, runners, or flowers that send out shoots; esp: houseleek
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HEN-AND-CHICKENS — also called Hen-and-chicks, any of a number of succulent plants of the genera Echeveria (q.v.) and Sempervivum, the latter commonly …
Britannica English vocabulary
HEN — ˈhen noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English henn; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHICKENS — plural of chicken present third singular of chicken
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEN — (n.) The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the …
Английский словарь Webster
HEN — ( n. ) The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HEN
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEN — noun the female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the …
Webster English vocab
HEN — [hen] n [ME, fr. OE henn; akin to OE hana rooster--more at chant] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a female chicken …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HEN — hen BrE AmE hen ▷ hens henz ▶ ˈ hen house BrE AmE ▶ ˈ hen ˌ party BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HEN
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEN — hen /hen/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: henn ] 1 . an adult female chicken …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HEN
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEN
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEN
Oxford English vocab
HEN — ( hens) 1. A hen is a female chicken. People often keep hens in order to eat them or sell …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES hen house hen party mother cat/bird/hen etc (= an animal that is a mother ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AND
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEN — [noun] [C] - an adult female chicken which is often kept for its eggs, or the female of any birdShe …
Cambridge English vocab
HEN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HEN — See: MAD AS A HORNET or MAD AS HOPS or MAD AS A WET HEN.
Slang English vocab
HEN
Slang English vocab
HEN — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ battery , free-range ( esp. BrE ) ▪ mother ▪ She fussed around like a mother ~. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CHICKENS — • ↑ don't count your chickens (before they're hatched)
Longman Activator English vocab
HEN — See: MAD AS A HORNET or MAD AS HOPS or MAD AS A WET HEN.
Словарь английских идиом
HEN — The hen is nowhere noticed in the Bible except in (Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34) That a bird so common in …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
HEN — particularly in Central and Southern Scotland this word is used to address any woman or girl - Are ye gaun …
Scottish Slang English vocabulary
HEN — сущ. 1) курица hens cackle, cluck ≈ куры кудахчут hens lay eggs ≈ куры кладут/несут яйца 2) женская особь некоторых …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHICKENS — Цыплята
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHICKENS — Цыплята
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CHICKENS — Цыпленок
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CHICKENS — Птенец
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CHICKENS — Курицы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HEN — hen.ogg hen n 1. 1> курица clucking hen - клуша to keep hens - разводить кур 2> самка некоторых птиц; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HEN — hen сущ.1) курица hens cackle, cluck — куры кудахчут hens lay eggs — куры кладут/несут яйца 2) женская особь некоторых …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CHICKENS — (n) цыплята
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HEN — n 1. 1> курица clucking hen - клуша to keep hens - разводить кур 2> самка некоторых птиц; тетёрка, куропатка …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HEN — сущ. 1) курица hens cackle, cluck — куры кудахчут hens lay eggs — куры кладут / несут яйца 2) женская …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HEN — 1) курица 2) самка птицы • - black-tailed native hen - black-tailed water hen - brown swamp hen - bush hen - chestnut-breasted hen - clocking hen - clucking …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
HEN — 1) курица 2) самка птицы • - black-tailed native hen - black-tailed water hen - brown swamp hen - bush …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CHICKENS — n pl AmE infml When did you get the chickens? — Когда тебе присвоили звание полковника? A man is placed in a …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
CHICKENS — n pl AmE infml When did you get the chickens? — Когда тебе присвоили звание полковника? A man is placed …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
HEN — hen n infml The old hen made him sick Его тошнило от этой "овцы"
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
CHICKENS — chickens n pl AmE infml When did you get the chickens? Когда тебе присвоили звание полковника? A man is placed …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
CHICKENS — When did you get the chickens? — Когда тебе присвоили звание полковника? A man is placed in a position of …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
HEN — сущ. 1) курица hens cackle, cluck ≈ куры кудахчут hens lay eggs ≈ куры кладут/несут яйца 2) женская особь некоторых …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHICKENS — Цыплята
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
YOUR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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OFF
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COME
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GALLIFORM — (order Galliformes), any of the gallinaceous (i.e., fowl-like or chickenlike) birds. The order includes about 240 species, of which the …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHICKEN — ( chickens, chickening, chickened) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Chickens are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YOURSELF
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WORK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a business/working lunch (= a lunch during which you also do business ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WITH
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WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THEY — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES So they say ▪ ‘Has he lost a fortune?’ ‘ So they say .’ such …
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