blonde
part of speech
adjective (blonde or blond); noun (a blonde, blondes)
meaning for a pupil
1) Having pale yellow or golden hair. tree →
2) Pale yellow or golden in colour, like light hair, wood or beer. tree →
3) A person with blonde hair (said mostly of women; it can sound rude). tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories it describes what a character looks like. In everyday life it is used for hair colours and hair dye. Trap: «blonde jokes» that say blonde people are not clever are an unkind stereotype and not true.
examples
- She has long blonde hair. tree →
- His hair is blond and curly. tree →
- The baby's hair turned blonder in the summer sun. tree →
- Mum dyed her hair blonde. tree →
- The table is made of pale blonde wood. tree →
- Hair colour does not show how clever someone is. tree →
- My cousin has blond eyebrows. tree →
note
Two spellings: «blonde» (often for women and girls, and usual in the UK) and «blond» (often for boys and men, and usual in the US). Both are said the same. Saying «a blonde» about a person can sound rude; «a girl with blonde hair» is kinder.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «blonde» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.