erupt

«erupt» in Mova's school dictionary: for a volcano to burst and throw out lava, ash, rock and gas — 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

verb (erupt, erupts, erupted, erupting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To erupt means for a volcano to burst and throw out lava, ash, rock and gas. tree →

2) To erupt means for something to start suddenly and strongly, like a fight, cheers or laughter. tree →

3) When teeth erupt, they push up through the gums. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons, pupils learn why volcanoes erupt, about lava and magma, and famous eruptions; they often make a model volcano with baking soda and vinegar. In stories and everyday life, crowds erupt in cheers. Phrases: erupt into, erupt with, an eruption.

examples

• The volcano erupted and lava poured out. tree →
• Mount Vesuvius erupted long ago and buried Pompeii. tree →
• Our model volcano erupted with red foam. tree →
• The crowd erupted in cheers when we scored. tree →
• A fight erupted in the playground. tree →
• Her new tooth erupted last week. tree →

note

Regular verb: erupted. Noun: eruption. Do not confuse with interrupt (to break in when someone is talking) or disrupt. Lava is magma that has come out of the ground.

In the corpora

• Bots can hallucinate facts, so every fact in a project must be checked; no volcano has erupted in London.
• Real volcanoes erupt melted rock pushed by hot gases deep underground, not by vinegar and soda.
• A clarifying question asks about one part you did not understand, such as "What does 'erupt' mean?"
• Tambora in Indonesia erupted in 1815, the largest eruption in recorded history, killing tens of thousands of people.
• An active volcano has erupted in recent times and may erupt again; an extinct volcano is not expected to erupt ever again.

Trees and pragmatics

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