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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 hard stone with a flat surface, used for sharpening tools with a blade.

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

  1. pron The objective form of "they" — used for people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition.
  2. pron Used for a single person whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or non-binary.

they — full definition

  1. pron Used to refer to a group of people or things already mentioned.
  2. pron Used to refer to a single person whose gender is unknown, unspecified, or non-binary.
  3. pron People in general, or unspecified people (excluding the speaker).
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