appetite

«appetite» in Mova's school dictionary: The feeling of wanting to eat food — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an appetite, appetites)

meaning for a pupil

1) The feeling of wanting to eat food. tree →

2) A strong wish or liking for something: an appetite for adventure. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health and science lessons, exercise and fresh air increase your appetite; illness can make you lose your appetite. In stories, a character with a big appetite eats a lot. Phrases: a good appetite, lose your appetite, spoil your appetite, work up an appetite, an appetite for.

examples

• Don't eat sweets before dinner or you'll spoil your appetite. tree →
• Swimming always gives me a big appetite. tree →
• When I had the flu, I lost my appetite. tree →
• Our dog has a huge appetite. tree →
• She has an appetite for reading. tree →
• Bon appétit — enjoy your meal! tree →
• “Don’t spoil your appetites, children, with that stuff. tree →

note

Countable: an appetite. Spelling: appetite has double p. Appetiser (UK) or appetizer (US) is a small dish before the main meal.

In the corpora

• Appetite often drops during an infection; eating little for a day or two is fine, but drinking enough is important.
• And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
• Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
• All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Trees and pragmatics

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