📖 H — The English dictionary · page 19

henceforward — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal, old-fashioned) From now on; from this time into the future.↗ Example: Henceforward, all pupils must wear a hat outside.↗ · «Henceforward I shall be a quiet and humble Toad!» he promised.↗ · Henceforward the castle belonged to the young king.↗ · Henceforth, the meeting will be on Mondays.↗ · Henceforward we shall help each other.↗ · The king declared that henceforward there would be no taxes on bread.↗ · I will never set you to herd cattle again, henceforward I will give you something easier to do.”↗

henhouse — Everyday, meaning 1: A small hut or shed where hens (chickens) live, sleep and lay eggs.↗ Example: We shut the hens in the henhouse at night to keep the fox out.↗ · I collect the eggs from the henhouse every morning.↗ · The henhouse has 6 nest boxes.↗ · If 8 hens each lay 1 egg a day, the henhouse gives 56 eggs in a week.↗ · Grandad built a henhouse from old wood.↗ · Letting him guard the sweets is like putting a fox in the henhouse.↗ · In the meantime, since my watchdog died today, you may take his place and guard my henhouse.”↗

henna — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A shrub with sweet-smelling flower clusters, also used for a reddish dye.↗ Example: Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants, (Writings SNG.4.13, JPS 1917)↗ · My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi.↗ (Writings SNG.1.14, JPS 1917)↗

henry — Everyday, meaning 1: Henry is a boy's or man's first name, also used as a family name; many English kings were called Henry.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) A henry is a unit for measuring inductance in electric coils.↗ Example: My best friend is called Henry.↗ · King Henry the Eighth had six wives.↗ · Henry the hoover is a popular vacuum cleaner in the UK.↗ · Henry read his story to the class.↗ · The book is about a dog named Henry.↗ · The unit of inductance is the henry.↗ · Henry Malter. and Dr I s a a c H u s i k for many courtesies fittnded to me in iLis work, both in the arrangement of ihe uialeria! and in style.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

heptad — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A group of seven.↗ Example: This is the special chapter of the Heptad, the powers and properties of the Seven.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · And out of the triad one stands apart; and in the heptad there are two triads, and one standing apart.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · The classification of the Hebrew letters into a Triad, Heptad and Dodekad, runs through the whole philosophy of the Kabalah.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

herald — Everyday, meaning 1: (noun) In the past, an official who carried messages and made announcements for a king or queen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A sign that something is coming, as in «the herald of spring».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To be a sign that something is about to happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) To announce or welcome something loudly and publicly.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Part of many newspaper names, such as «The Herald».↗ Example: The herald blew his trumpet and read the king's message.↗ · The White Rabbit, acting as herald, read out the accusation.↗ · Snowdrops herald the start of spring.↗ · «Hark! the herald angels sing.»↗ · Dark clouds heralded the storm.↗ · The invention of the steam engine heralded a new age.↗ · My grandad reads the Herald every morning.↗ · All the church bells rung, and the heralds rode about the town proclaiming the betrothal.↗ · Wind is of course the herald of the storm, the Biblical symbol par excellence of the divine theophany, making wind a potent symbol of divine imminence.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · And the herald cried aloud: 'To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, (Writings DAN.3.4, JPS 1917)↗

heralded — Everyday, meaning 1: Was a sign that something was coming.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Announced loudly or welcomed publicly.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective, much-heralded) Talked about with great excitement before it happened.↗ Example: Trumpets heralded the arrival of the King and Queen of Hearts.↗ · The first swallows heralded the summer.↗ · The steam train heralded a new age of travel.↗ · The much-heralded film turned out to be boring.↗ · A loud crack of thunder heralded the storm.↗ · The arrival of the internet heralded great changes.↗

heraldic — Everyday, meaning 1: Heraldic means to do with heraldry, the old system of coats of arms, badges and shields used by noble families.↗ Example: The great hall had heraldic devices on its walls.↗ · Each knight carried a heraldic shield.↗ · The lion is a common heraldic animal.↗

herb — Everyday, meaning 1: A herb is a plant whose leaves, seeds or flowers are used to add flavour to food, such as basil, mint, parsley, rosemary and thyme.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A herb is a plant used to make medicine or tea, such as chamomile or lavender.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) A herb is any small plant with a soft stem, not woody like a tree or bush.↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: Any green plant, including grass and plants grown for food.↗ Example: Mum grows herbs on the kitchen windowsill.↗ · Add some fresh herbs to the soup.↗ · Mint is a herb that smells fresh.↗ · We planted a herb garden at school.↗ · Grandma makes tea from dried herbs.↗ · Basil is a herb used in pizza sauce.↗ · See these lovely cabbages and these fresh herbs!↗ · Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.↗ (Torah GEN.3.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.↗ (Torah GEN.9.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.↗ (Torah EXO.12.8, JPS 1917)↗ · For they shall soon wither like the grass, and fade as the green herb.↗ (Writings PSA.37.2, JPS 1917)↗ · How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole field wither?↗ (Prophets JER.12.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.↗ (Writings PRO.15.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.↗ (Torah GEN.3.18, JPS 1917) · "In the fourth glass is neither herb, bird, nor urchin.↗ (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.↗ (Torah GEN.9.3, JPS 1917)

herbage — Everyday, meaning 1: Herbage is grass and green plants, especially the food that animals graze on.↗ Example: The cows grazed on sweet herbage.↗ · The elephants trampled the herbage flat.↗ · After the rain, the herbage was thick and green.↗ · For the Waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the herbage faileth, there is no green thing.↗ (Prophets ISA.15.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And the wild asses stand on the high hills, they gasp for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.↗ (Prophets JER.14.6, JPS 1917)↗

herbal — Everyday, meaning 1: Made from herbs or plants, as in herbal tea or herbal medicine.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Having to do with herbs.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (rare, noun) An old book that describes plants and their uses.↗ Example: Mum drinks herbal tea before bed.↗ · Peppermint tea is a herbal drink.↗ · Grandma keeps herbal remedies in the cupboard.↗ · This shampoo has herbal oils in it.↗ · Never take herbal pills without asking a grown-up.↗ · Chamomile is often used in herbal tea.↗ · The shop sells herbal soaps.↗ · Long ago, doctors wrote herbals full of plant drawings.↗

herbivore — Everyday, meaning 1: A herbivore is an animal that eats only plants, such as grass, leaves, fruit or seeds.↗ Example: A cow is a herbivore.↗ · Rabbits, deer and sheep are herbivores.↗ · Herbivores have flat teeth for grinding plants.↗ · Some dinosaurs, like Triceratops, were herbivores.↗ · In the food chain, the herbivore eats the grass and the fox eats the herbivore.↗ · A koala is a herbivore that eats eucalyptus leaves.↗ · Is a panda a herbivore?↗ It eats almost only bamboo.↗ · Elephants are the biggest herbivores on land.↗

herbivorous — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) Eating only plants, such as grass, leaves, fruit and seeds.↗ Example: Rabbits are herbivorous animals.↗ · Triceratops was a herbivorous dinosaur.↗ · Herbivorous animals have flat teeth for grinding plants.↗ · Koalas are herbivorous and eat only eucalyptus leaves.↗ · In the food chain, herbivorous animals eat the producers.↗ · Is a panda herbivorous?↗ It mostly eats bamboo.↗

herd — Everyday, meaning 1: A herd is a large group of animals of one kind that live and move together, like cows, deer, elephants or horses.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To herd animals or people means to move them together as a group.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «The herd» can mean ordinary people who all do the same thing.↗ Example: A herd of elephants walked to the river.↗ · The farmer herded the cows into the barn.↗ · Zebras stay in herds to keep safe from lions.↗ · The dog herded the sheep into the pen.↗ · Our teacher herded us back to the classroom.↗ · Don't just follow the herd — think for yourself.↗ · A herd of deer ran across the road.↗ · Vaccines help build herd immunity.↗ · Help me to herd them, Akela.”↗ · And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.↗ (Torah GEN.13.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.↗ (Torah EXO.12.38, JPS 1917)↗ · Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.'↗ (Torah EXO.12.32, JPS 1917)↗ · The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds; (Prophets 2SA.12.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds; (Writings PRO.27.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance.↗ (Writings 2CH.32.29, JPS 1917)↗

herder — Everyday, meaning 1: A herder is a person who looks after a group of animals, such as cattle, sheep, goats or reindeer, moving them to fresh grass and keeping them safe.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is also part of names like «cattle herder» or «reindeer herder».↗ Example: The herder led his goats up the mountain.↗ · Reindeer herders in Lapland follow their animals across the snow.↗ · A shepherd is a herder of sheep.↗ · The cattle herder used a dog to help him.↗ · Herders in Mongolia live in round tents called gers.↗ · The herder counted his sheep at sunset.↗ · In dry years herders must walk far to find water.↗ · Our story was about a young yak herder.↗

herdsman — Everyday, meaning 1: A herdsman is a person who looks after a herd of cattle, sheep or goats.↗ Example: The herdsman led the cows home at dusk.↗ · The herdsman searched the hills for his lost bull.↗ · Every morning the herdsman drove the sheep to the hill.↗

here — Everyday, meaning 1: Here means in, at or to this place: come here.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Here means in this case, at this point: here we multiply.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «Here is» and «here you are» are said when you give or show something.↗ Example: Here the word «more» does not mean adding …↗ · Here we multiply.↗ · There are 7 birds here and 5 birds there.↗ · Come here and look at this!↗ · Here is your lunch box.↗ · «Ben?»↗ «Here!»↗ · We have lived here for three years.↗ · Here you are: one ice cream.↗ · “Here, give me the little girl.↗ · Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.↗ (Torah GEN.47.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.↗ (Torah GEN.31.37, JPS 1917)↗ · And he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.'↗ (Torah NUM.23.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And I answered: Here am I. (Prophets 2SA.1.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Here is the end of the matter.↗ (Writings DAN.7.28, JPS 1917)↗ · Then I said: 'Here am I; send me.'↗ (Prophets ISA.6.8, JPS 1917)↗

hereabouts — Everyday, meaning 1: Near this place, somewhere close by: is there a shop hereabouts?↗ Example: Is there a park hereabouts?↗ · Nobody lives hereabouts except the old miller.↗ · I think the lost cat is hereabouts.↗

hereafter — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) From now on; after this time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal, law) In this document from this point on, as in «hereafter called the Buyer».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun, the hereafter) Life after death.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In a book, hereafter means later on in the same book, as in 'as we shall see hereafter'.↗ Example: Hereafter, all homework must be handed in on Monday.↗ · The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, hereafter called the RSPB, was founded in 1889.↗ · Many religions teach about the hereafter.↗ · Christians believe that the hereafter is life with God.↗ · «Hereafter you shall be called the Elephant's Child no more,» the storyteller might say.↗ · The contract says the house, hereafter «the property», is sold.↗ · He married Rhea, daughter of Uranus and Gaea, a very important divinity, to whom a special chapter will be devoted hereafter.↗ · He hath formed, weighed, and composed with these twenty-two letters every soul, and the soul of everything which shall hereafter be.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Even if such an early date cannot be established, it appears likely that scholars will hereafter attribute the discovery of positional arithmetic to the Babylonians instead of the Hindoos."↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods; yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.↗ (Prophets ISA.41.23, JPS 1917)↗ · as for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and He that revealeth secrets hath made known to thee what shall come to pass.↗ (Writings DAN.2.29, JPS 1917)↗