ham
part of speech
noun (ham — uncountable as food; a ham, hams); verb (ham it up — informal)
meaning for a pupil
1) Meat from the back leg of a pig, usually salted or smoked, often sliced for sandwiches. tree →
2) (informal) An actor who acts in a silly, too-dramatic way. tree →
3) (ham it up) To act or show off in an exaggerated way. tree →
4) (ham radio) Radio sent and received by amateurs as a hobby. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and food lessons: ham sandwiches, ham at holidays; ham is processed meat, so eat it now and then, and keep it in the fridge. In drama class: «Don't ham it up» — act naturally. Phrases: «ham sandwich», «a slice of ham», «ham and cheese», «ham it up».
examples
- I had a ham and cheese sandwich for lunch. tree →
- We eat a big ham at Christmas. tree →
- Could I have two slices of ham, please? tree →
- My little brother is a real ham in front of the camera. tree →
- The actor hammed it up and everyone laughed. tree →
- Keep the ham in the fridge so it stays safe to eat. tree →
- Grandpa talks to people all over the world on his ham radio. tree →
- It was placed in the provision basket with ham and cheese and sausages. tree →
note
As food, usually uncountable: «some ham», «a slice of ham»; «a ham» is a whole joint. Muslims and Jews who keep their food rules do not eat ham, because it comes from a pig. Verb: hammed, hamming.
In the corpora
- The Otter asks the Mole to fry him some ham, and the Mole sets the hedgehogs to do it.
- un jambon-beurre is a baguette with ham and butter, one of the most popular sandwiches in France.
- And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «ham» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.