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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.
wild
Adjective
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If an animal or plant is wild it is not tame. This means it lives in nature and people have not changed it.
Wolves and bears are wild animals.
We found some wild berries and ate them.
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If a person (or thing) is wild they (or it) are not easy to predict, or they do not act civilized.
She is so wild, all she does is drink and party!
That was a wild party.
They were playing wild music all night.
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If something is wild it is very good or very interesting.
That is a wild shirt you have on!
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If a card is wild it can be used as any other card in a game.
wild
Interjection
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You can say wild to mean you like something.
wild
Noun
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The wild (or wilds) is nature or places far from where people live.
We were lost in the wild for a week.
Many animals live in the wilds of Africa.
goose
Noun
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A goose is a big flying bird looking like a duck, with a long neck and webbed feet. The color of its feathers is usually a mix of grey, black and/or white, certain individuals having a uniform color.
Wild geese regularly fly over our house when they migrate to Southern countries.
I have a pet goose that honks when someone comes into the yard.
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A goose is a silly person.
Aunt Dreeda acts like a goose whenever a man comes to her front door.
goose
Verb
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To goose someone is to take him by surprise with a finger jab to the cleft of the buttocks that penetrates to the anus. The violated may be clothed or unclothed and usually reacts with a sudden, offended start.
I was wearing only a jockstrap when a teammate goosed me in the locker room.