bile

«bile» in Mova's school dictionary: a bitter yellow-green liquid made by the liver that helps… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (bile — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Bile is a bitter yellow-green liquid made by the liver that helps the body digest fat. tree →

2) In old or story language, bile means anger and bitterness. tree →

3) In old or dialect speech, bile can mean a boil, a painful swollen lump under the skin. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons about digestion, pupils learn that the liver makes bile, the gall bladder stores it, and it helps break down fatty foods in the small intestine. In everyday life, bile is sometimes seen when someone vomits on an empty stomach. Phrases: bile duct, full of bile.

examples

• The liver makes bile. tree →
• Bile helps your body digest fat. tree →
• Bile is stored in a small sac called the gall bladder. tree →
• When she was sick, she brought up yellow bile. tree →
• Bile tastes very bitter. tree →
• The villain's words were full of bile. tree →

note

Uncountable: bile (not a bile). Do not confuse with bill (money to pay, or a bird's beak) or boil (to heat until bubbling). Adjective: bilious (feeling sick or bad-tempered).

In the corpora

• The liver makes bile, which helps to digest fat.

Trees and pragmatics

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