convulsion

«convulsion» in Mova's school dictionary: a sudden, violent shaking of the body that you cannot… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (convulsions)

meaning for a pupil

1) A convulsion is a sudden, violent shaking of the body that you cannot control. tree →

2) (informal) «Convulsions of laughter» means fits of laughing that you cannot stop. tree →

sense in the lessons

in the tales, a fit that shakes a creature or a person; in fun talk, a funny act that throws the room into laughing fits

examples

• The snake trembled in violent convulsions. tree →
• The doctor said the boy had convulsions. tree →
• The clown threw the whole hall into convulsions of laughter. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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