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As a noun ape

is a primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.

As a verb ape

is to behave like an ape.

As an adjective ape

is wild; crazy.

As a proper noun Africa is

a province of the Roman Empire containing what is now modern Tunisia and portions of Libya.

ape

English

(wikipedia ape)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
  • Any such primate other than a human.
  • (derogatory) An uncivilised person.
  • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * ape-baboon * ape-bearer * apedom * apehood * apelike * apeling * apely * apeman * apeshit * go ape * naked ape

    Verb

    (ap)
  • To behave like an ape.
  • To imitate; mimic.
  • * 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês'' of Plato," ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association , vol. 92, p. 454,
  • It is not conceived as a mere “aping ” in externals nor as an enacting in the sense of assuming a foreign role.

    Derived terms

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    Adjective

    (-)
  • Wild; crazy.
  • We were ape over the new look.
    He went ape when he heard the bad news.

    See also

    * monkey * troop (collective noun) *

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    africa

    English

    (wikipedia Africa)

    Alternative forms

    * Afric

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (historical) A province of the Roman Empire containing what is now modern Tunisia and portions of Libya.
  • The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica. It holds the following countries:
  • The Maghreb and the Subsahara are regions of Africa with different geographies .

    Hyponyms

    (Countries of Africa) Central Africa * Central African Republic * Chad * Democratic Republic of the Congo * Republic of the Congo Eastern Africa * Burundi * Comoros * Djibouti * Eritrea * Ethiopia * Kenya * Seychelles * Rwanda * Somalia – Somaliland – Puntland * Tanzania * Uganda Northern Africa * Algeria * Ceuta * Egypt * Libya * Mauritania * Melilla * Morocco * South Sudan * Sudan * Tunisia * Western Sahara Southern Africa * Angola * Botswana * Lesotho * Madagascar * Malawi * Mauritius * Mozambique * Namibia * Reunion * Swaziland * South Africa * Zambia * Zimbabwe Western Africa * Benin * Burkina Faso * Cameroon * Cape Verde * * Equatorial Guinea * Gabon * The Gambia * Ghana * Guinea-Bissau * Liberia * Mali * Niger * Nigeria * Sao Tome and Principe * Senegal * Sierra Leone * Togo *Subsahara

    Derived terms

    * African * Afrikaans * Horn of Africa * North Africa * South Africa

    See also

    * *

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