midge

«midge» in Mova's school dictionary: a tiny flying insect, a bit like a very small fly or… — 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 midge, midges)

meaning for a pupil

1) A midge is a tiny flying insect, a bit like a very small fly or mosquito, that often flies in clouds near water. tree →

2) Some midges bite, and in Scotland the Highland midge is famous for biting people on summer evenings. tree →

sense in the lessons

In nature lessons, midges are food for birds, bats and fish, and their young (larvae) live in water. In everyday life, camping in Scotland or Canada can mean clouds of midges, so people use midge spray and nets. In stories, «a midge» can mean something tiny. Phrases: «a cloud of midges», «midge bites», «midge repellent».

examples

• A cloud of midges hovered over the lake. tree →
• The midges in Scotland were biting us all evening. tree →
• Swallows swooped to catch midges. tree →
• Put on midge spray before we go camping. tree →
• I've got midge bites all over my arms. tree →
• Midges are so small they can get through some mosquito nets. tree →
• In the evening, when the sun is getting low, and all the midges are beginning to bite, Peter saw a wide heath stretching before him. tree →

note

Countable noun; plural midges. Pronounced «mij». Not the same as «midget», a word that is now considered offensive.

In the corpora

• A small bat can catch hundreds of midges in an hour, so bats are free pest control.

Trees and pragmatics

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