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ham
Noun
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A ham is the thigh and buttock of any animal used for meat.
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The ham of a pig is the dried thigh used as food.
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A person's or animal's ham is the back of the thigh.
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In theater, an actor who over acts is called a ham. A ham has a showy or crazy style.
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A ham can be a person whose hobby is amateur radio.
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The back of the knee joint is the ham.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
chimp
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noun
(= chimpanzee)
intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests