kidney

«kidney» in Mova's school dictionary: two bean-shaped organs in your lower back that clean your… — 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 (a kidney, kidneys)

meaning for a pupil

1) Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs in your lower back that clean your blood by removing waste and extra water, which leaves the body as urine. tree →

2) Kidney is the kidneys of animals used as food. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on the human body, kidneys are part of the excretory system: they filter blood and make wee (urine), which goes to the bladder. Drinking enough water helps the kidneys work. Kidney beans are named after their shape. People can live with one kidney, and kidney transplants can save lives. Phrases: kidney beans, kidney stones, steak and kidney pie.

examples

• Your kidneys filter waste out of your blood. tree →
• Most people have two kidneys. tree →
• Kidney beans are shaped like kidneys. tree →
• Drink plenty of water to help your kidneys. tree →
• My uncle gave his sister a kidney to save her life. tree →
• Steak and kidney pie is a traditional British food. tree →

note

Countable: kidneys (plural just adds s). Kidneys are in the back, a little below the ribs, not in the front of the tummy. Adjective in medicine: renal.

In the corpora

• Sea tanks are made with special salt mixed into clean water and tested every day, and big filters clean the water like kidneys.
• Lilies are very poisonous to cats; even pollen licked off their fur can damage the kidneys.
• Grapes and raisins can damage dogs' kidneys, so dropped grapes should be picked up at once.
• Your liver and kidneys remove waste from your body every day; detox teas don't have good evidence behind them.

Trees and pragmatics

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