bracken

«bracken» in Mova's school dictionary: A large, tough fern that grows thickly on hills, moors… — 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 (bracken — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

A large, tough fern that grows thickly on hills, moors and in woods, green in summer and brown in autumn. tree →

sense in the lessons

In nature and geography lessons in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, bracken covers hillsides and moors; walkers push through it, and it can hide ticks that may carry illness. In stories bracken is where animals hide and children make dens. Phrases: a patch of bracken, hide in the bracken.

examples

• The deer hid in the bracken. tree →
• The hillside was covered in brown bracken. tree →
• We made a den out of bracken and sticks. tree →
• Check your legs for ticks after walking through bracken. tree →
• In autumn, the bracken turns golden brown. tree →
• The path was hard to find under all the bracken. tree →
• He sat still in the bracken, and hoped that the other rabbits wouldn't notice. tree →

note

Uncountable: "some bracken", "bracken is". Not good to eat: bracken is poisonous to people and animals. Safety: ticks like bracken, so wear long trousers.

In the corpora

• Badgers are very clean: they drag in fresh grass and bracken for bedding and dig special toilet pits away from the sett.

Trees and pragmatics

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