doll

«doll» in Mova's school dictionary: a toy shaped like a baby, child or person — 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 doll, dolls); verb (doll up — informal: dolled up)

meaning for a pupil

1) A doll is a toy shaped like a baby, child or person. tree →

2) (informal, old-fashioned) Doll is a word for a pretty or kind person: «You're a doll.» tree →

3) (informal) To get dolled up means to dress up nicely for a special event. tree →

sense in the lessons

In children's stories and play dolls are toys; maths problems may count or share dolls. In casual speech «dolled up» means dressed smartly. Phrases: «doll's house» (UK), «dollhouse» (US), «rag doll», «dolled up».

examples

• My little sister plays with her doll every day. tree →
• Gran made me a rag doll. tree →
• The doll's house has six rooms. tree →
• Mia has 4 dolls and gets 3 more; how many does she have now? tree →
• They got all dolled up for the wedding. tree →
• Thanks for helping, you're a doll. (informal) tree →
• Why, it was her doll that helped Vasilissa. tree →

note

Countable. «Doll's house» is UK; «dollhouse» is US. Calling a woman «doll» can sound old-fashioned or rude today.

In the corpora

• Play specialists use dolls, pictures and games to show children what will happen and to distract them during procedures.

Trees and pragmatics

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