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# ham

«ham» in Mova's school dictionary: **Meat from the back leg of a pig, usually salted or…** — 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 (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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ham/#m1)

2) (informal) An actor who acts in a silly, too-dramatic way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ham/#m2)

3) (ham it up) To act or show off in an exaggerated way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ham/#m3)

4) (ham radio) Radio sent and received by amateurs as a hobby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ham/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ham/#x1)
- We eat a big ham at Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ham/#x2)
- Could I have two slices of ham, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ham/#x3)
- My little brother is a real ham in front of the camera. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ham/#x4)
- The actor hammed it up and everyone laughed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ham/#x5)
- Keep the ham in the fridge so it stays safe to eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ham/#x6)
- Grandpa talks to people all over the world on his ham radio. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ham/#x7)
- It was placed in the provision basket with ham and cheese and sausages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/ham/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes/5/)
- [un jambon-beurre is a baguette with ham and butter, one of the most popular sandwiches in France.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french/14/)
- [And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.148/)
- [And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.159/)
- [And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.239/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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