nicotine

«nicotine» in Mova's school dictionary: A chemical drug found in tobacco plants, cigarettes and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (nicotine; uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

A chemical drug found in tobacco plants, cigarettes and vapes; it is poisonous and makes people addicted, so they find it very hard to stop. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health and drug education lessons: nicotine is the reason people get hooked on smoking and vaping; it raises heart rate and harms young brains. It is illegal to sell cigarettes and nicotine vapes to children. Liquid nicotine for vapes is poisonous if swallowed — keep it away from small children and pets.

examples

• Cigarettes contain nicotine. tree →
• Nicotine makes it very hard for people to stop smoking. tree →
• Many vapes have nicotine in them. tree →
• Nicotine is harmful to growing brains. tree →
• Liquid nicotine is poisonous if swallowed. tree →
• Grandpa uses nicotine patches to help him quit smoking. tree →
• Shops cannot sell nicotine products to children. tree →

note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural. Said «NIK-o-teen». A myth: vapes are not «just water vapour» — most contain nicotine. Nicotine is named after Jean Nicot, who brought tobacco to France.

In the corpora

• Nicotine is very addictive, so smokers feel uncomfortable until they have the next one, and most started as teenagers.
• Liquid nicotine in e-cigarette refills is poisonous even in small amounts.

Trees and pragmatics

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