dapple

«dapple» in Mova's school dictionary: A pattern of spots or patches of light and shade, as… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (dapples); adjective (dapple grey); verb (dapples, dappled, dappling)

meaning for a pupil

1) A pattern of spots or patches of light and shade, as under trees. tree →

2) (of a horse) Grey with darker round spots, as in «dapple grey». tree →

3) To mark something with spots or patches. tree →

sense in the lessons

describes the light moving under green trees, or a horse's coat

examples

• His eyes were skilled to observe the dusk and dapple of green woods. tree →
• He rode a dapple grey horse. tree →
• Sunlight dappled the forest floor. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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