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a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
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.
chase
Verb
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If you chase something, you go after it quickly.
Dogs often play at chasing their own tail.
In my dream, someone's chasing after me and I'm running down this street.
The children were chasing the ball down the soccer field.
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If you chase somebody or something away, you make them leave.
He waved his arms to chase the birds out of the cherry tree.
chase
Noun
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A chase is an act of going quickly after something or trying to get it.
TV has too many high-speed car chases.