grape

«grape» in Mova's school dictionary: a small, round, juicy fruit, green, red or purple, that… — 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 grape, grapes)

meaning for a pupil

A grape is a small, round, juicy fruit, green, red or purple, that grows in bunches on a vine. tree →

sense in the lessons

In food and health, grapes are a healthy snack; in safety, whole grapes are a choking danger for small children, so cut them lengthways into quarters for toddlers. Grapes are poisonous to dogs, so never feed them to pets. In science, grapes grow on climbing plants called vines; dried grapes are raisins, sultanas and currants. Grapes are made into juice and wine. In stories, Aesop's fable «The Fox and the Grapes» gives the phrase «sour grapes» (pretending you didn't want what you couldn't get).

examples

• I had a bunch of grapes for my snack. tree →
• Cut grapes in quarters for little children. tree →
• Never give grapes to a dog. tree →
• Raisins are dried grapes. tree →
• Grapes grow on vines. tree →
• The fox said the grapes were sour. tree →
• There are 24 grapes shared equally by 4 children, so each gets 6. tree →
• The vines are full of luscious grapes. tree →

note

Countable: a grape, grapes; «a bunch of grapes». Dried grapes are «raisins» (not «dried grapes» usually). «Grapefruit» is a different, big citrus fruit, not related. «Sour grapes» = saying something you couldn't get was not good anyway.

In the corpora

• Grapes and raisins can damage dogs' kidneys, so dropped grapes should be picked up at once.
• The Great Vine at Hampton Court Palace near London was planted in 1768 and still gives grapes.
• Commas separate the items in a list: "I bought apples, bananas and grapes."
• Chocolate, grapes, raisins and onions can poison dogs.
• Chocolate, grapes and raisins can poison dogs.

Trees and pragmatics

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