callus

«callus» in Mova's school dictionary: a patch of hard, thick skin on your hands or feet, made… — 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 callus, calluses); verb (callus, callused — rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) A callus is a patch of hard, thick skin on your hands or feet, made by rubbing or pressing again and again. tree →

2) (science) A callus is also the hard lump that forms around a broken bone as it heals. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and health: gymnasts, guitar players and walkers get calluses; in science, how skin protects itself and how bones heal; it shows hard work or practice in stories.

examples

• Playing guitar gives you calluses on your fingertips. tree →
• The gymnast had calluses on her hands. tree →
• Walking barefoot can make calluses on your feet. tree →
• The farmer's hands were rough with calluses. tree →
• A callus forms around a broken bone as it heals. tree →

note

Plural: calluses. Homophone trap: «callous» (adjective) means unkind and uncaring, as in «a callous remark». Not the same as a blister (a bubble of fluid).

In the corpora

• Skin even fights back against rubbing: a blister cushions a sore spot, and a guitarist's fingertips grow thick hard calluses.
• Rubbing makes skin grow thicker into calluses, which protect it; barefoot runners grow thick soles that protect like shoes.

Trees and pragmatics

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