fireman

«fireman» in Mova's school dictionary: a person whose job is to put out fires and rescue people… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a fireman, firemen)

meaning for a pupil

1) A fireman is a person whose job is to put out fires and rescue people; today the usual word is firefighter, because both men and women do this job. tree →

2) (old) A fireman was also a worker who kept the fire burning in a steam engine or ship's boiler. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety lessons, firefighters visit schools to teach fire safety: smoke alarms, stop-drop-and-roll, and calling 999, 911, 000 or 111 (depending on country). In history, steam-train firemen shovelled coal. Phrases: «Fireman Sam», «fireman's lift» (a way of carrying a person over your shoulders).

examples

• The fireman rescued a cat from the tree. tree →
• Today we say firefighter, because women do the job too. tree →
• Fireman Sam is a children's TV show. tree →
• A fireman shovelled coal into the steam engine. tree →
• The fireman showed us how to check a smoke alarm. tree →
• In PE we learned a fireman's lift. tree →

note

Plural: firemen. Modern, neutral word: firefighter. Emergency numbers: 999 (UK, Ireland also 112), 911 (USA, Canada), 000 (Australia), 111 (New Zealand).

Trees and pragmatics

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