martin

«martin» in Mova's school dictionary: a small bird of the swallow family, such as the house… — 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 martin, martins — bird); proper noun (Martin — name)

meaning for a pupil

1) A martin is a small bird of the swallow family, such as the house martin, which builds a mud nest under the roofs of houses and flies south in winter. tree →

2) Martin is a common boy's first name and a surname. tree →

3) (church) Saint Martin of Tours was a soldier who cut his cloak in half to share with a freezing beggar; he is remembered for kindness. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons, house martins, sand martins and purple martins are watched in spring and summer; they catch insects in the air and migrate. In history, Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation, and Martin Luther King Jr led the civil rights movement for equality. Phrases: house martin, sand martin, Saint Martin, Martin Luther King Jr.

examples

• House martins built a mud nest under our roof. tree →
• The martins flew south when the weather turned cold. tree →
• Sand martins nest in holes in river banks. tree →
• Saint Martin shared his cloak with a poor man. tree →
• Martin Luther King Jr dreamed of equality for all. tree →
• Martin from next door helped us fix the fence. tree →
• So Martin started off for the town. tree →

note

Small m for the bird; capital M for the name. Countable for the bird (martins). A martin is related to the swallow but has a shorter tail; the house martin has a white patch on its back.

In the corpora

• Swallows and house martins build cup nests from mud mixed with spit, and a house martin nest takes about 1,000 mud pellets.
• In 1517 Martin Luther, a German monk, criticised the Church for selling forgiveness, and printing spread his ideas quickly.
• In the 1500s reformers such as Martin Luther protested against problems in the Catholic Church, and the Protestant churches grew from this Reformation.
• In the 1500s reformers like Martin Luther protested against problems in the Catholic Church; this is the Reformation.

Trees and pragmatics

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