grapevine
part of speech
noun (grapevines)
meaning for a pupil
1) a climbing plant that grows grapes on its stems tree →
2) (informal) the way news and rumours spread from person to person tree →
sense in the lessons
in tales a vine is a place to climb or rest: he reached the grapevine and his legs gave way
examples
- No sooner had he reached the grapevine than his legs cracked. tree →
- Grapevines grow well in warm sun. tree →
- I heard the news on the grapevine at school. tree →
note
nothing for maths
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «grapevine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.