Chicken? English? ['t? k? n]? Beautiful? ['t? k? n]
Noun (short for noun)? Chicken; Chicken; coward
Adjective? Cowardly; Timid
An intransitive verb? depress
Word usage
(noun)
Chickens can refer to chickens as poultry or as food. As a "chicken" solution, it is a countable individual noun; When interpreted as "chicken", it is an uncountable material noun.
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Common sentence patterns:
1 used as a noun
He has a chicken farm. He has a chicken farm.
This soup tastes of chicken.
Used as an adjective
I'm scared, but I don't want others to think I'm a coward. I'm scared, but I don't want others to think I'm timid.
When I refused to go with them, they thought I was timid. When I refused to go with them, they thought I was timid.
3. Used as intransitive verb (vi. )
The boy was too timid to climb the tree. The boy is afraid of climbing trees.
I wanted to tell my boss what I thought, but I chickened out at the last minute. I wanted to tell my boss what I thought, but I didn't dare to say it in the end.