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chicken
Noun
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A chicken is a bird that farmers raise for meat and eggs.
My father went out back, caught a chicken, cut off its head, and cleaned it for dinner.
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Chicken is the meat of a chicken.
They make a very tasty fried chicken dish here that comes with vegetables and potatoes.
chicken
Adjective
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Someone who is afraid to do something is chicken.
You won't jump your bike because you're chicken.
leg
Noun
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Your legs are the two long parts of your body that you move to walk, or a similar body part on an animal.
I lost a leg in the war.
The footballer broke a leg during the game.
The bus stopped and everybody went out to stretch their legs.
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A leg is part of a piece of furniture, such as a table, on which the furniture stands.
I can see an ant crawling up the leg of the table.
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A leg is part of a tour or journey.
The band had to cancel the German leg of their European tour.
quarter
Noun
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A quarter is one fourth math(1/4)/math of something.
The lake was about a quarter mile from town.
About a quarter of the students came from outside the United States.
There's an old house three quarters of the way up that mountain.
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A quarter is a unit of money worth 25 cents in the United States and Canada.
Can you give me four quarters for this dollar?
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A quarter is a period of three months, especially in business.
Sales were down 3.7 percent from the fourth quarter of last year.
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A quarter is one of four a periods of time, especially in sports.
He threw four touchdown passes in the fourth quarter leading to a 38-28 win.
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A quarter is one section of a city.
The bar was in New Orleans' French quarter.
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Quarters are the places where people live.
After training, we returned to our quarters to get changed.
quarter
Verb
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If you quarter something, you make it into four equal pieces.
Using a sharp knife, quarter the apple.
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If you quarter somebody somewhere, you give them a place to stay.
We were quartered in Vienna during the job.