moose

«moose» in Mova's school dictionary: a very large deer with long legs, a big nose, a flap of… — 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 (moose; plural moose)

meaning for a pupil

A moose is a very large deer with long legs, a big nose, a flap of skin under its chin, and wide flat antlers on the male. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons moose live in forests and wetlands of Canada, Alaska and the northern USA, and also in northern Europe and Asia; they eat leaves, twigs and water plants and are good swimmers. In safety: moose can be dangerous — keep far away, and drivers watch for moose crossing roads. Phrases: moose antlers, bull moose, cow moose.

examples

• A moose stood in the lake eating plants. tree →
• The moose is the biggest kind of deer. tree →
• We saw three moose in Canada. tree →
• Only male moose grow antlers. tree →
• Watch out for moose on the road at night. tree →
• A baby moose is called a calf. tree →

note

Plural is the same: one moose, two moose (not «mooses» or «meese»). In British English the same animal in Europe is called an elk; in North America «elk» is a different deer. Male = bull, female = cow, baby = calf.

In the corpora

• Some nouns are the same in the plural: sheep, deer, moose, aircraft, and usually fish.
• Moose in Alaska and Canada are huge and can charge and kick, so they can be dangerous, especially mothers with calves.
• Sheep, deer and moose are the same in singular and plural; fish is usually the same too (three fish).

Trees and pragmatics

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