electric

«electric» in Mova's school dictionary: using or working by electricity, like an electric kettle… — 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

adjective (electric)

meaning for a pupil

1) Electric means using or working by electricity, like an electric kettle or electric car. tree →

2) Electric means made by electricity, like an electric shock or an electric current. tree →

3) Electric can describe a very exciting feeling: «The atmosphere was electric». tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on electricity, an electric circuit needs a power source (battery), wires and a complete loop for a bulb to light. In safety, electric shocks from sockets, damaged wires, power lines and water near electric things can kill; keep electric things away from the bath and sink, and never fly kites near power lines. Phrases: electric shock, electric car, electric guitar, electric current, electric fence, electric eel.

examples

• Our new car is electric. tree →
• The electric kettle switches off by itself. tree →
• Never touch a broken electric cable. tree →
• He got an electric shock from the old toaster. tree →
• We made an electric circuit with a battery and a bulb. tree →
• Don't use electric things near water. tree →
• The farm has an electric fence to keep cows in. tree →
• The crowd was electric at the final. tree →
• Our aunt had an electric wire from the theatre to her room. tree →

note

Electric = working by electricity (an electric heater). Electrical is very similar and is used for general things (electrical equipment, an electrical fault). Electricity is the noun. An electric eel can give a real shock.

In the corpora

• Neighbours need rest and quiet too; many electric keyboards have a headphone socket for quiet practice.
• Sharks also sense tiny electric signals from other animals' muscles through little pores on their snouts.
• A real electric shock makes muscles jump and can stop the heart; it does not just make hair stand up like in cartoons.
• Nets, electric fishing and dams did the rest, and the giant Chinese paddlefish was lost too.
• It may be the first dolphin driven extinct by people, through boats, nets, electric fishing and dams.

Trees and pragmatics

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