ling

«ling» in Mova's school dictionary: a long sea fish of the cod family, caught for food in the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a ling, ling or lings — fish; ling, uncountable — plant); (Mandarin, pinyin) líng / lǐng / lìng

meaning for a pupil

1) A ling is a long sea fish of the cod family, caught for food in the North Atlantic and around Australia and New Zealand. tree →

2) Ling is a kind of heather, a low shrub with small purple flowers that grows on moors. tree →

3) (Mandarin, pinyin) «Ling» is a Chinese syllable: líng means «zero» (零), and it is part of many names; it is not an English word. tree →

4) (a name) Ling is a Chinese given name or surname. tree →

sense in the lessons

In nature lessons, ling heather covers moors in Scotland, Ireland and northern England. In Australia and NZ, ling is a fish sold at the fish shop. When Mandarin is heard on the street or in maths, «líng» (zero) sounds like English «ling». As a name it tells the reader who someone is. Phrases: «ling heather», «ling fillet».

examples

• The moor was purple with ling. tree →
• We had ling and chips at the beach. tree →
• Ling is caught in deep water. tree →
• In Mandarin, «líng» means zero. tree →
• Ling is new in our class; she is from Shanghai. tree →
• Bees make honey from ling heather. tree →

note

Fish plural: ling or lings. In pinyin, the tone marks change the meaning (líng = zero; lǐng = collar or to lead; lìng = another, or to order). The Mandarin word sounds like English «ling». As a name, do not invent details. Also a suffix in English (duckling, seedling), meaning «small or young».

In the corpora

• A reference is a photo or object you look at while you draw, like the photo Ling checked for her horse.

Trees and pragmatics

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