paddle
part of speech
noun (a paddle, paddles); verb (paddle, paddles, paddled, paddling)
meaning for a pupil
1) A short pole with a flat wide end, used to move a canoe or small boat through water. tree →
2) To move a boat with a paddle. tree →
3) To walk in shallow water, such as at the beach or in a stream. tree →
4) A bat for table tennis (mainly American). tree →
sense in the lessons
In outdoor safety, people paddle canoes and kayaks wearing life jackets. At the beach, children paddle in the shallows with an adult watching. In science, a paddle pushes water backwards, which pushes the boat forwards. Phrases: paddle a canoe, go for a paddle, paddle steamer, paddling pool.
examples
- We paddled the canoe across the lake. tree →
- Hold your paddle with both hands. tree →
- The children paddled at the edge of the sea. tree →
- Always wear a life jacket when you paddle. tree →
- Ducks paddle with their webbed feet. tree →
- The baby splashed in the paddling pool. tree →
- Pass me a ping-pong paddle. tree →
- "How dare you paddle around in my stream and stir up all the mud!" he shouted fiercely. tree →
note
Countable noun; regular verb (paddled, paddling), double d. A "paddling pool" (UK) is called a "wading pool" in the USA. Difference: a canoe paddle usually has one blade; a kayak paddle has two. An "oar" is fixed to the boat; a paddle is held freely. Safety: only paddle where an adult can see you, and watch for waves.
In the corpora
- Your dog is fast asleep on the rug, but its paws are paddling, its lips twitch and it gives tiny muffled woofs.
- Now the Man must paddle all the way home.
- Young children can drown in very shallow water, so paddling pools are emptied after use.
- The next week he paddles.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «paddle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.