dangle
part of speech
verb (dangle, dangles, dangled, dangling)
meaning for a pupil
1) To dangle means to hang down loosely and swing. tree →
2) To dangle something means to hold it so that it hangs loosely. tree →
3) To dangle something in front of someone means to offer it to tempt them. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories legs dangle from a high seat or a branch, keys dangle from a hand, a spider dangles on a thread. Safety: loose cords and cables that dangle can be dangerous for small children. Phrases: dangle your legs, dangle from, dangling earrings.
examples
- My legs dangled over the edge of the pier. tree →
- A spider dangled from the ceiling. tree →
- He dangled the keys in front of the dog. tree →
- Long earrings dangled from her ears. tree →
- Don't let the cable dangle where the baby can reach. tree →
- The kitten tried to catch the dangling string. tree →
- They dangled a prize in front of us to make us work harder. tree →
- Across his back dangled a long fringed quiver. tree →
note
Regular verb: dangled, dangling (drop the e). Similar: hang, swing. In grammar, a «dangling» word or phrase is one that is not clearly linked to the right word.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dangle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.