ade

«ade» in Mova's school dictionary: A sweet drink made from fruit juice, water and sugar… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (ade, ades); suffix (-ade); fragment

meaning for a pupil

1) A sweet drink made from fruit juice, water and sugar, such as lemonade, orangeade or limeade. tree →

2) (suffix) -ade ends many words: lemonade, parade, blockade, barricade, escapade. tree →

3) (a name) Ade is a short form of the names Adrian or Adeola. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life ade appears mostly inside drink names: lemonade (in the UK often fizzy, in the USA usually still). On its own, ade is rare. In spelling lessons, -ade is a common ending. Phrases: lemonade stand.

examples

• We sold lemonade at a stand outside our house. tree →
• Orangeade is an orange drink, like lemonade. tree →
• The menu had a mango ade. tree →
• The words parade and lemonade both end in -ade. tree →
• Ade is short for Adrian. tree →
• Limeade is green and sour. tree →

note

On its own it is rare; mostly a part of longer words. Lemonade in the UK and Australia is usually a fizzy drink; in the USA it is still lemon juice, water and sugar.

In the corpora

• Sam's friend Ade goes to Nigeria for a year and they write real letters.
• Ade's reply takes two months and has a stamp with a bird on it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ade» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.