handlebar

«handlebar» in Mova's school dictionary: the bar with handles at the front of a bicycle, scooter… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a handlebar, handlebars — usually plural)

meaning for a pupil

1) Handlebars are the bar with handles at the front of a bicycle, scooter or motorbike that you hold to steer. tree →

2) A handlebar moustache is a long moustache curled up at the ends like handlebars. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and road safety lessons, children learn to keep both hands on the handlebars, use the brakes on the handlebars, and check them before riding. Handlebars turn the front wheel to steer. Phrases: hold the handlebars, grip the handlebars, handlebar brakes, a bell on the handlebars.

examples

• Keep both hands on the handlebars when you ride. tree →
• I put a bell on my handlebars. tree →
• The brakes are on the handlebars of my bike. tree →
• She hung her bag from the handlebars, which was not safe. tree →
• The scooter's handlebars can be raised as you grow. tree →
• The old man had a curly handlebar moustache. tree →

note

Usually plural: «the handlebars», even though it is one piece. One word. Hanging heavy bags on the handlebars makes a bike hard to steer and is unsafe.

In the corpora

• Use both brakes, the front one gently: squeezing only the front brake hard can throw you over the handlebars.

Trees and pragmatics

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