bunny

«bunny» in Mova's school dictionary: a child's or friendly word for a rabbit, especially a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a bunny, bunnies)

meaning for a pupil

1) A bunny is a child's or friendly word for a rabbit, especially a young or small one. tree →

2) (informal) «Bunny» is used in fun names like the Easter Bunny or «gym bunny» (someone who loves the gym). tree →

3) «Bunny» is a hill for beginners in skiing: the bunny slope (US) or nursery slope (UK). tree →

4) A bunny can also be a soft toy shaped like a rabbit. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and picture books bunnies are soft, cute rabbits. The Easter Bunny brings chocolate eggs in a story many children know. In maths word problems bunnies are counted and grouped like any other animals.

examples

• The bunny twitched its nose. tree →
• We fed the bunny some carrot. tree →
• The Easter Bunny hid chocolate eggs in the garden. tree →
• There were 4 bunnies in each hutch and 3 hutches. tree →
• My little sister has a toy bunny. tree →
• Beginners start on the bunny slope. tree →
• The bunny hopped across the lawn. tree →
• "Give me my Bunny!" he said. tree →

note

Plural: bunnies (y → ies). It is a cosy, childish word; in science say «rabbit». A baby rabbit is properly called a kit or kitten.

In the corpora

• Bugs Bunny munches a carrot in every cartoon, so many people think carrots are what rabbits should eat.
• "zayets" means hare or bunny, and "zaichyk", little hare, is a loving name for a small child.

Trees and pragmatics

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