isle

«isle» in Mova's school dictionary: An island, especially a small one or one in a name… — 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 (an isle, isles)

meaning for a pupil

An island, especially a small one or one in a name, mainly used in poems and place names. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography, place names use isle: the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, the British Isles, the Isle of Skye. In poems and songs, isle sounds old and special. Phrases: the British Isles, Emerald Isle (Ireland), treasure isle.

examples

• The Isle of Wight is off the south coast of England. tree →
• We went on holiday to the Isle of Man. tree →
• Ireland is called the Emerald Isle. tree →
• The pirate's map showed a small isle. tree →
• The British Isles include Great Britain, Ireland and many smaller islands. tree →
• The poem was about a peaceful green isle. tree →

note

The s is silent: isle sounds like I'll and aisle (the gap between rows of seats). Homophones: isle, aisle, I'll. Islet means a very small island.

In the corpora

• The isles saw, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled; they drew near, and came.
• All the inhabitants of the isles are appalled at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, they are troubled in their countenance;
• The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
• The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad.
• And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

Trees and pragmatics

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