gland

«gland» in Mova's school dictionary: a small part of the body that makes a special substance… — 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 gland, glands)

meaning for a pupil

1) A gland is a small part of the body that makes a special substance the body needs, such as sweat, saliva, tears or hormones. tree →

2) Swollen glands usually means the small lumps in the neck (lymph nodes) that get bigger when you are fighting an illness. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons glands come up with the human body: sweat glands cool the skin, salivary glands make spit to help digest food, tear glands keep the eyes wet, and glands like the thyroid make hormones that control growth. In everyday life a doctor may feel your neck to check for swollen glands when you have a sore throat. Phrases: sweat glands, salivary glands, swollen glands.

examples

• Sweat glands in your skin help you cool down on a hot day. tree →
• Your salivary glands make more spit when you smell tasty food. tree →
• The doctor felt my neck to see if my glands were swollen. tree →
• Tear glands keep your eyes clean and moist. tree →
• Some glands make hormones that help children grow. tree →
• A bee's sting comes with venom from a tiny gland. tree →
• When I had a cold, the glands in my neck felt sore. tree →

note

Countable noun: one gland, two glands. «Swollen glands» in the neck are really lymph nodes, but people call them glands. Do not confuse with «glad» (happy) or «gland» with «grand».

In the corpora

• Warts on people are caused by a virus that passes between people, not by toads; the bumps on a toad are glands.
• Penguins can drink sea water, because a special gland above the eyes removes extra salt, which drips out from the beak.
• Komodo dragons have venom glands in their jaws; the venom stops blood clotting and weakens prey.
• Spiders make silk in glands in the abdomen and pull it out through spinnerets at the back end, not from wrists or legs.
• People once thought germs in the Komodo dragon's mouth killed its prey, but scientists found it has venom glands in its jaw.

Trees and pragmatics

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