flower
part of speech
noun (flower, flowers); verb (flower, flowers, flowered)
meaning for a pupil
1) A flower is the coloured part of a plant that blooms, like a rose or a tulip. tree →
2) A flower is a plant grown for its flowers. tree →
3) To flower is to make flowers: «The tree flowers in spring». tree →
sense in the lessons
a thing counted: picked, planted, put in vases or sold; roses, tulips and orchids are flowers; in science, flowers make seeds, and bees carry pollen between them; phrases: «a bunch of flowers», «flower bed», «in flower», «wild flowers»
examples
- She picked 24 flowers. tree →
- She put the flowers in 4 vases equally. tree →
- There are 7 roses and 5 tulips; how many flowers? tree →
- Each bouquet has 6 flowers. tree →
- Bees visit flowers to collect nectar. tree →
- We planted flowers in the school garden. tree →
- The cherry tree flowers in spring. tree →
- Some wild flowers are poisonous, so don't eat them. tree →
- Pictures and flowers were scattered about. tree →
note
Countable: a flower, flowers. A thing counted and a group name: roses + tulips = flowers. «put in vases equally» divides. Trap: «how many flowers» may mean all the kinds together. Trap: «flower» and «flour» sound the same.
In the corpora
- Bridesmaids are friends or relatives who help the bride and walk with her, and children can be flower girls or page boys.
- Coming home with flowers the day after a row is making up, a way of saying sorry and wanting to be friends again.
- Picture a small church in Wellington: at the front stands a long wooden box covered in flowers, the coffin.
- Many families visit graves to remember someone, tidy the spot and leave flowers; talking to the person there is normal.
- You do not have to feel sad about a famous person you never knew; the people laying flowers knew their songs or films.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «flower» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.