earthworm

«earthworm» in Mova's school dictionary: A long, soft, pink-brown worm without legs that lives in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an earthworm, earthworms)

meaning for a pupil

A long, soft, pink-brown worm without legs that lives in soil and eats dead leaves and bits of plants. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, earthworms are invertebrates; they dig tunnels that let air and water into the soil and their droppings make it richer, so gardeners love them. They breathe through their moist skin, which is why they come up after heavy rain. Phrases: «earthworms in the soil», «worm farm».

examples

• We found an earthworm when we dug the garden. tree →
• Earthworms help make the soil healthy. tree →
• After the rain, lots of earthworms were on the path. tree →
• An earthworm has no eyes, no legs and no bones. tree →
• Birds pull earthworms out of the lawn. tree →
• Put the earthworm back gently in the soil. tree →
• Our class worm farm turns food scraps into compost. tree →

note

Countable: an earthworm (starts with a vowel sound, so «an»). Myth: if an earthworm is cut in half, it does not become two worms; usually the worm dies or only the head end may survive. Be gentle — their skin must stay damp.

In the corpora

• An earthworm has no eyes and no lungs; it breathes through its moist skin and can sense light with its skin.
• Earthworms mix soil, make tunnels for air and water, and turn dead leaves into rich soil.
• Fungi, such as mushrooms and moulds, bacteria, which are living things far too small to see, and earthworms are decomposers.
• Decomposers such as fungi, bacteria and earthworms break down dead matter and return nutrients to the soil.
• Earthworm tunnels let air and water into the soil.

Trees and pragmatics

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