holly

«holly» in Mova's school dictionary: An evergreen bush or tree with shiny, prickly dark green… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (holly, hollies)

meaning for a pupil

1) An evergreen bush or tree with shiny, prickly dark green leaves and bright red berries in winter. tree →

2) Its branches used to decorate homes and churches at Christmas. tree →

sense in the lessons

In nature lessons it is an evergreen plant that keeps its leaves in winter; birds eat its berries. At Christmas it decorates houses, wreaths and cards; in the carol «The Holly and the Ivy» Christians link it to Jesus. Phrases: holly and ivy, a sprig of holly, holly berries, holly wreath.

examples

• We decorated the front door with a holly wreath. tree →
• Holly leaves are shiny and prickly. tree →
• Birds eat the red holly berries in winter. tree →
• The carol «The Holly and the Ivy» is sung at Christmas. tree →
• Be careful picking holly; the leaves are sharp. tree →
• A sprig of holly sat on top of the Christmas pudding. tree →
• They sat down under a holly tree and both poured forth their woes. tree →

note

Plural: hollies. Holly berries are poisonous to people; do not eat them. Also a girl's name (Holly). Do not confuse with «holy» (sacred), which has one l.

In the corpora

• Holly.» Nan smiles kindly, but doesn't know.
• Kids say Holly-Mae smells.
• Holly-Mae's friend Jodie brings a jumper in a carrier bag.
• Holly, 140 cm, growing about 5 cm a year, needs 20 ÷ 5 = 4 years to reach 160 cm.

Trees and pragmatics

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