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  • 1 hen

    [hen]
    1) (the female farmyard fowl: Hens lay eggs.) κότα
    2) (the female of any bird: The hen is sitting on the nest; ( also adjective) a hen blackbird.) θηλυκό(πουλιού)
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    - henpecked

    English-Greek dictionary > hen

  • 2 egg

    I [eɡ] noun
    1) (an oval object usually covered with shell, laid by a bird, reptile etc, from which a young one is hatched: The female bird is sitting on the eggs in the nest.) αυγό
    2) (such an object laid by a hen, used as food: Would you rather have boiled, fried or scrambled eggs?) αυγό
    3) (in the female mammal, the cell from which the young one is formed; the ovum: The egg is fertilized by the male sperm.) ωάριο
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    - eggplant
    - eggshell
    - put all one's eggs in one basket
    - teach one's grandmother to suck eggs     II [eɡ]

    English-Greek dictionary > egg

  • 3 chicken

    [' ikin]
    1) (a young bird, especially a young hen: She keeps chickens.) κοτόπουλο
    2) (its flesh used as food: a plate of fried chicken.) κοτόπουλο (κρέας)
    3) ((slang.) a coward.) `κότα`, δειλός
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    - chicken-pox
    - chicken out

    English-Greek dictionary > chicken

  • 4 lay

    I 1. [lei] past tense, past participle - laid; verb
    1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) τοποθετώ, βάζω: στήνω
    2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) ακουμπώ
    3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) τακτοποιώ, (κατα)στρώνω
    4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) ισιώνω
    5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) κατευνάζω, εξαφανίζω
    6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) γεννώ
    7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) στοιχηματίζω
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    2. verb
    (to put, cut or arrange in layers: She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.) κάνω (μαλλιά) ντεγκραντέ
    - lay-by
    - layout
    - laid up
    - lay aside
    - lay bare
    - lay by
    - lay down
    - lay one's hands on
    - lay hands on
    - lay in
    - lay low
    - lay off
    - lay on
    - lay out
    - lay up
    - lay waste     II see lie II III [lei] adjective
    1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) λαϊκός
    2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) μη ειδικός
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    IV [lei] noun
    (an epic poem.) έπος

    English-Greek dictionary > lay

  • 5 squawk

    [skwo:k] 1. noun
    (a loud harsh cry made eg by an excited or angry bird: The hen gave a squawk when she saw the fox.) κρώξιμο
    2. verb
    (to make a sound of this sort.) κρώζω

    English-Greek dictionary > squawk

См. также в других словарях:

  • Hen — may refer to: *Hen (bird), a female bird, a female of any member of the bird family, including species of poultry, duck, fowl, ostrich or emu. *Hen, specifically a female adult chicken *Hen, a female octopus or lobster *Hen (slang), a woman *Hen …   Wikipedia

  • hen — O.E. henn, from W.Gmc. *khannjo (Cf. O.Fris. henn, M.Du. henne, O.H.G. henna), fem. of *han(e)ni male fowl, cock (Cf. O.E. hana cock ), lit. bird who sings (for sunrise), from PIE root *kan to sing (see CHANT (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • hen — [ hen ] noun count 1. ) a female chicken 2. ) often before noun the female of any type of bird: a hen pheasant …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • hen — ► NOUN 1) a female bird, especially of a domestic fowl. 2) (hens) domestic fowls of either sex. ● as rare (or scarce) as hen s teeth Cf. ↑as scarce as hen s teeth ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • hen — [hen] n [: Old English; Origin: henn] 1.) an adult female chicken 2.) a fully grown female bird …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Hen Harrier — Taxobox name = Hen Harrier status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=49360|title=Circus cyaneus|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species… …   Wikipedia

  • hen — [OE] Etymologically, a hen is a ‘singing bird’. The word goes back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic *khanon ‘male fowl, cock’, which was related to the Latin verb canere ‘sing’ (source of English chant). In the West Germanic dialects a… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • hen — /hɛn / (say hen) noun 1. the female of the domestic fowl. 2. the female of any bird, especially of a gallinaceous bird. 3. Colloquial a woman, especially a fussy or foolish woman. –phrase 4. scarce (or rare) as hen s teeth, Colloquial extremely… …  

  • hen — [OE] Etymologically, a hen is a ‘singing bird’. The word goes back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic *khanon ‘male fowl, cock’, which was related to the Latin verb canere ‘sing’ (source of English chant). In the West Germanic dialects a… …   Word origins

  • hen — n. 1 a a female bird, esp. of a domestic fowl. b (in pl.) domestic fowls of either sex. 2 a female lobster or crab or salmon. Phrases and idioms: hen and chickens any of several plants esp. the houseleek. hen coop a coop for keeping fowls in. hen …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hen and Chicken Islands — The islands were named by Captain James Cook, who first sighted them in 1769. It has been suggested that the name was inspired by an old name for the star cluster usually known as the Pleiades (and called Matariki by the Māori).Originally owned… …   Wikipedia

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