bob
part of speech
proper noun (Bob); verb (bob, bobs, bobbed, bobbing); noun (a bob)
meaning for a pupil
1) Bob is a boy's or a man's name, short for Robert. tree →
2) To bob is to move up and down quickly, like a cork on water. tree →
3) A bob is a short haircut. tree →
4) «Bob» was an old British word for a shilling. tree →
sense in the lessons
a name of a person in the story; a word of the story only; it tells whose amount it is; phrases «bob up and down», «bobbing for apples», «Bob's your uncle» (UK, «and that's it»)
examples
- Bob has 7 marbles. tree →
- Bob gives 3 to Ann. tree →
- Bob is 4 years older than Sue. tree →
- How many pages did Bob read in all? tree →
- Bob is my best friend. tree →
- The boat bobbed on the waves. tree →
- We played bobbing for apples at Halloween. tree →
- She got her hair cut in a bob. tree →
- The duck bobbed its head under the water. tree →
- Ask Bob to join our team. tree →
- She stooped down to drink, when a horrible head bobbed up on the surface. tree →
note
No clue about the operation; it tells whose amount it is. Trap: as a verb «bob» means to move up and down on water. As a name it starts with a capital letter.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bob» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.