follicle

«follicle» in Mova's school dictionary: A tiny hole or sac in the skin from which a hair grows — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a follicle, follicles) — (science)

meaning for a pupil

1) (science) A tiny hole or sac in the skin from which a hair grows. tree →

2) (science) A small sac in the body containing other things, such as an egg in the ovary. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on skin and hair: each hair grows from a follicle. When you get goose bumps, small muscles pull the hairs up. Shampoo adverts talk about «hair follicles».

examples

• Each hair grows from a follicle. tree →
• A pimple can form when a follicle is blocked. tree →
• There are thousands of follicles on your head. tree →
• The diagram shows a hair inside its follicle. tree →
• Pulling out a hair can hurt the follicle. tree →
• Sweat glands sit near the hair follicles. tree →

note

Countable. Pronounced FOL-ih-kul. Spelling: follicle — two l's, then -icle.

In the corpora

• Round follicles grow straight hair and flat or oval follicles grow curly hair, and hair shape is inherited from your family.
• "Follically challenged" is a joking way to say bald; follicles are the tiny holes hairs grow from.

Trees and pragmatics

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