meadow

«meadow» in Mova's school dictionary: a field of grass and wild flowers, often used for hay or… — 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 (a meadow, meadows)

meaning for a pupil

A meadow is a field of grass and wild flowers, often used for hay or grazing animals. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons, meadows are habitats full of flowers, bees, butterflies, grasshoppers and field mice; wildflower meadows help pollinators. In stories and poems meadows are peaceful places for picnics and playing. Phrases: «a wildflower meadow», «a water meadow», «across the meadow», «meadow flowers».

examples

• We had a picnic in the meadow. tree →
• The meadow was full of buttercups and daisies. tree →
• Bees buzzed over the wildflower meadow. tree →
• Cows were grazing in the meadow. tree →
• The path went across the meadow to the river. tree →
• Our school planted a small meadow for insects. tree →
• Butterflies love sunny meadows. tree →
• The farmer cuts the meadow for hay in summer. tree →
• Moorland and meadow are covered with ice and snow. tree →

note

Countable: meadows. Pronounced MED-oh. A meadow is mostly grass and flowers, not crops; a «field» can be for crops or animals. Safety: tall meadow grass can hide ticks — check your skin after walking through it.

In the corpora

• No birds sing, everything is strangely still, and the roses and meadow-sweet look brighter than ever before.
• A girl in Montana on a family hike sees a black bear across a meadow.
• And the sea-coast shall be pastures, even meadows for shepherds, and folds for flocks.

Trees and pragmatics

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