footprint

«footprint» in Mova's school dictionary: a mark left by a foot or shoe on the ground, like in… — 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

noun (a footprint, footprints)

meaning for a pupil

1) A footprint is a mark left by a foot or shoe on the ground, like in sand, snow or mud. tree →

2) A carbon footprint is the amount of harmful gas a person or thing adds to the air by using energy. tree →

3) A footprint can mean the space something takes up, like a building on the ground. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and detective tales, footprints are clues showing who passed by. In science, fossil footprints tell us how dinosaurs walked, and animal tracks show which animals live nearby. In environment lessons we learn to shrink our carbon footprint by walking, cycling and saving energy. Phrases: «leave footprints», «muddy footprints», «carbon footprint», «follow the footprints».

examples

• We followed the footprints in the snow. tree →
• Someone left muddy footprints on the floor! tree →
• The detective found a footprint by the window. tree →
• Scientists found dinosaur footprints in the rock. tree →
• Walking to school reduces your carbon footprint. tree →
• The waves washed away our footprints. tree →
• These footprints were made by a fox. tree →
• Neil Armstrong left footprints on the Moon. tree →

note

Countable, one word: foot + print. «Footstep» is the act or sound of a step; «footprint» is the mark. In maths, measuring footprints can help estimate height; a longer stride usually means a person was running.

In the corpora

• Trackways show some sauropods walked in groups, with young ones in the middle; footprints are trace fossils that show behaviour.
• It can be a bone or shell turned to stone, a print of a leaf, or even a footprint.
• Trace fossils record what animals did, such as footprints, burrows and even fossil dung.
• Their footprints are still there, because the Moon has no wind or rain to blow them away.
• The astronauts collected Moon rocks and left a flag and footprints, which are still there because there is no wind on the Moon.

Trees and pragmatics

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