jerry

«jerry» in Mova's school dictionary: a boy's or man's name, often short for Gerald or Jeremy — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (Jerry — a name; jerry, as in jerry can, jerry cans)

meaning for a pupil

1) Jerry is a boy's or man's name, often short for Gerald or Jeremy. tree →

2) A jerry can is a flat metal or plastic can for carrying fuel or water. tree →

3) Jerry is the mouse in the cartoon «Tom and Jerry». tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, a name of a person in the story only; rarely a can that holds litres. In everyday life and safety, a jerry can holds petrol for a car or water for camping; petrol must be kept away from fire. Phrases: «jerry can».

examples

• Jerry has 15 stamps. tree →
• Jerry gives 6 to Tom. tree →
• A jerry can holds 20 litres. tree →
• Jerry is my cousin from Canada. tree →
• In the cartoon, Jerry the mouse always escapes from Tom. tree →
• They took two jerry cans of water on the camping trip. tree →

note

As a name, write it with a capital J: Jerry. A name only; no clue. Keep track of which amounts are Jerry's. In a jerry can problem, litres per can × cans gives the total.

In the corpora

• In Tom and Jerry, Tom crashes around the house after Jerry and never wins.
• And Tom and Jerry?
• Tom never catches Jerry, cartoon cats lap saucers of milk, and they always land on their feet.

Trees and pragmatics

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