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# goose

«goose» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big bird with a long neck and webbed feet that swims…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (goose, geese)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A goose is a big bird with a long neck and webbed feet that swims and lives on farms or near water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goose/#m1)

2) A male goose is a gander and a baby goose is a gosling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goose/#m2)

3) Goose bumps (goosebumps) are little bumps on your skin when you are cold or scared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goose/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a counted bird with 2 legs; flocks of geese; geese flying away take away from a group; legs puzzles with ducks and geese. In science: geese migrate in V-shapes in autumn. In stories: the goose that laid the golden eggs, Mother Goose rhymes. Phrases: «goosebumps», «a wild goose chase» (a search that is useless).

### examples

- There are 12 geese on the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goose/#x1)
- 5 geese flew away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goose/#x2)
- Ducks and geese have 30 legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goose/#x3)
- One goose and 7 ducks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goose/#x4)
- A goose has 2 legs and webbed feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goose/#x5)
- Geese fly south in a V-shape in autumn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goose/#x6)
- The goose that laid the golden eggs made the farmer rich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goose/#x7)
- The scary story gave me goosebumps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goose/#x8)
- Give me a fine fat goose.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goose/#x9)

### note

Plural «geese», not «gooses». Maths: counted animal with 2 legs. Trap: the plural is «geese», and one goose plus 7 ducks is 8 birds. Safety: geese can be fierce; do not chase them.

### In the corpora

- [At the park pond Jake tries to feed the geese.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends/6/)
- [A huge goose hisses, stretches out its neck and charges, wings wide.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends/7/)
- [Geese and swans are not being mean.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends/10/)
- [Geese and swans can be fierce near their young; back away calmly and keep dogs on a lead near water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/458-magpies-geese-ponies-and-swans-animals-that-are-not-your-friends/29/)
- [Hummingbirds migrate on their own, flying amazing distances; they do not ride on geese.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/10-birds-and-baby-animals/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «goose» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goose/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.