grizzly

«grizzly» in Mova's school dictionary: a large brown bear of North America with a hump on its… — 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 grizzly, grizzlies); adjective (grizzly, grizzled)

meaning for a pupil

1) A grizzly, or grizzly bear, is a large brown bear of North America with a hump on its shoulders and grey-tipped fur. tree →

2) (adjective) Grizzly can mean grey or grey-haired. tree →

3) (UK, informal) A grizzly baby or child is grumpy and whiny. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons, the grizzly is a top predator and an omnivore: it eats salmon, berries, roots and insects; it hibernates in winter. In outdoor safety lessons in Canada and the US, people learn bear safety: make noise, carry bear spray, never feed bears. Phrases: «grizzly bear», «mother grizzly», «a grizzly old man» (grey-haired).

examples

• A grizzly bear caught a salmon in the river. tree →
• Grizzlies sleep through the winter in a den. tree →
• Hikers in Canada carry bear spray in case they meet a grizzly. tree →
• The grizzly has a big hump on its shoulders. tree →
• (UK, informal) The baby was grizzly because she was tired. tree →
• A mother grizzly protects her cubs fiercely. tree →

note

Plural: «grizzlies» (y → ies). Homophone trap: «grizzly» (bear, grey) and «grisly» (horrible, gory: a grisly murder) sound the same. Grizzlies are a kind of brown bear, not a separate species.

In the corpora

• Brown bears, including grizzlies, catch salmon at waterfalls in autumn to build up fat before winter.
• Grizzly claws can be about 10 centimetres long for digging, while black bears have shorter, curved claws for climbing.

Trees and pragmatics

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