drool
part of speech
verb (drool, drools, drooled, drooling); noun (drool, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) To drool means to let spit (saliva) run out of your mouth, like a baby or a hungry dog. tree →
2) (informal) To drool over something means to want it very much or to admire it in a silly way. tree →
3) (noun) Drool is the spit that runs from someone's mouth. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life babies drool when their teeth come through and dogs drool when they see food. In science, saliva helps you digest food; Pavlov's dogs drooled at a bell. In stories and jokes, «drooling over» a cake or a new game shows great wanting. Phrases: «drool over», «drool on».
examples
- The baby drooled all over my shirt. tree →
- Our dog drools when he smells sausages. tree →
- I woke up and there was drool on my pillow. tree →
- My brother drools over every new video game. tree →
- The cakes in the window made me drool. tree →
- Babies drool a lot when they are teething. tree →
- Wipe the drool off your chin! tree →
note
Regular verb: drooled, drooling — one l in both UK and US spelling. Noun drool is uncountable. Informal; a more formal word is «salivate». «Drool over» is used in a jokey way.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «drool» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.