morsel

«morsel» in Mova's school dictionary: A small piece or bite of food — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a morsel, morsels)

meaning for a pupil

1) A small piece or bite of food. tree →

2) A small amount of anything: «not a morsel of sense». tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories hungry characters search for a morsel to eat; animals snatch tasty morsels. In everyday talk «a tasty morsel» is a small delicious bite. In The Wind in the Willows the animals share every morsel at their feasts.

examples

• The bird pecked up every morsel of bread. tree →
• The hungry boy had not eaten a morsel all day. tree →
• Rat offered Mole a tasty morsel from the picnic. tree →
• The dog waited for a morsel to fall from the table. tree →
• There was not a morsel left on the plate. tree →
• She did not have a morsel of fear. tree →
• Have you a morsel of bread?’ tree →

note

Countable: a morsel, morsels. Similar: bite, scrap, crumb, titbit (UK) / tidbit (US).

In the corpora

• Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife.
• The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
• The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
• The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
• Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof —

Trees and pragmatics

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