carol

«carol» in Mova's school dictionary: a happy song, especially one sung at Christmas — 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 (a carol, carols); verb (carol, carols, carolled/caroled, carolling/caroling); proper noun (Carol, a girl's name)

meaning for a pupil

1) A carol is a happy song, especially one sung at Christmas. tree →

2) To carol is to sing happily, or to go from house to house singing Christmas songs. tree →

3) Carol is a girl's name. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and school, children sing carols at Christmas concerts and carol services. Carol singers go door to door and may collect money for charity. In stories, birds may «carol» in the morning. Phrases: Christmas carol, carol singers, carol service.

examples

• We sang carols around the Christmas tree. tree →
• Carol singers knocked at our door. tree →
• Our school held a carol concert in the church. tree →
• «Silent Night» is a famous carol. tree →
• The birds carolled in the morning sun. tree →
• My aunt Carol bakes the best mince pies. tree →
• The cuckoo sang, and the lark carolled, for it was now beautiful spring. tree →

note

UK spelling: carolled, carolling; US spelling: caroled, caroling. Do not confuse with «carrel» (a study desk) or «Carroll» (Lewis Carroll). Safety: carol singing door to door should be done with an adult.

In the corpora

• "kolyadky" are carols; children go from house to house singing them, and the hosts give sweets or coins.

Trees and pragmatics

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