josh

«josh» in Mova's school dictionary: a boy's name, often short for Joshua — 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 (Josh — a name); verb (josh, joshes, joshed, joshing — old, to tease)

meaning for a pupil

1) Josh is a boy's name, often short for Joshua. tree →

2) To josh is an old word for teasing someone in a friendly, joking way. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, a name of a person in the story only. In everyday life, Josh is a common name in the USA, Australia and the UK. The verb josh is rare and friendly, not unkind. Phrases: «just joshing» (only joking).

examples

• Josh has 24 cards. tree →
• Josh gives half to his brother. tree →
• Josh saves 2 dollars a week. tree →
• Josh is the goalkeeper in our team. tree →
• Don't worry, I was just joshing you. tree →
• Josh and Emma built a sandcastle. tree →

note

As a name, write it with a capital J: Josh. A name only; no clue. Keep track of whose amount is Josh's. Trap: «gives half to his brother» means divide by 2, and Josh keeps the other half.

In the corpora

• Josh writes «I was hopping for a sunny day» and means wishing, not jumping on one leg.
• Maya's friend Josh copied the way a boy talks with his stammer, and everyone laughed.
• But Josh saw the boy's face and felt horrible, and the boy didn't come to his party.
• Josh in Leeds was meant to take the bins out on Thursday night, but it was cold and he stayed on the sofa.
• Josh said sorry and took the bins out for the next two weeks without being asked.

Trees and pragmatics

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