hen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- them pron The objective form of "they" — used for people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition.
- they pron Used to refer to a group of people or things already mentioned.
- whetstone noun A sharpening stone; a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.
Senses
hen is used for these senses in English:
- them (in the singular, occasionally, proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary.
- they (the third-person singular nominative, occasionally, proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 20th c.) non-binary. [since 14th c.]
- whetstone A sharpening stone; a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.
them — full definition
- pron The objective form of "they" — used for people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition.
- pron Used for a single person whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or non-binary.
they — full definition
- pron Used to refer to a group of people or things already mentioned.
- pron Used to refer to a single person whose gender is unknown, unspecified, or non-binary.
- pron People in general, or unspecified people (excluding the speaker).