earring

«earring» in Mova's school dictionary: a piece of jewellery worn on the ear, usually through a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an earring, earrings)

meaning for a pupil

An earring is a piece of jewellery worn on the ear, usually through a small hole in the earlobe. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people wear earrings; some schools have rules about jewellery, and in PE earrings must be taken out or taped for safety. Phrases: a pair of earrings, wear earrings, clip-on earrings, studs.

examples

• She wore shiny gold earrings. tree →
• I got my ears pierced and wore my first earrings. tree →
• Take out your earrings before PE. tree →
• Grandma gave me a pair of earrings. tree →
• One earring fell off at the park. tree →
• Clip-on earrings don't need a hole in your ear. tree →
• The grocer’s wife was so terrified that she took her gold earrings out of her ears and put them in her pocket in order to save something. tree →

note

Countable: an earring; earrings usually come in a pair. Spelling: double r: ear + ring. Small earrings are often called studs; big round ones are hoops.

In the corpora

• Rings, earrings and necklaces come off before sport, because they catch and tear skin.
• Take off rings, earrings and necklaces before sport, because they can catch and tear skin.
• He sends money and presents: a tablet, gold earrings, sweets.
• And I put a ring upon thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.

Trees and pragmatics

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