pawn
part of speech
noun (a pawn, pawns); verb (pawn, pawns, pawned, pawning)
meaning for a pupil
1) A pawn is the smallest and least powerful piece in chess; each player has eight. tree →
2) A pawn is a person who is used by someone more powerful to get what they want. tree →
3) To pawn something is to leave it at a shop (a pawnbroker's) in exchange for a loan of money; you get it back if you pay the money back. tree →
sense in the lessons
In chess, pawns move forward one square (two on their first move) and capture diagonally; a pawn that reaches the far side becomes a queen or another piece. In stories, a character used by a villain is "just a pawn". In money lessons, pawnshops lend money for objects.
examples
- Each player starts with eight pawns. tree →
- My pawn reached the end and became a queen. tree →
- The pawn captured the knight. tree →
- He was only a pawn in the villain's plan. tree →
- She pawned her ring to pay the bills. tree →
- The pawnshop gave him money for his guitar. tree →
- The sheep in a fable must march on, as the pawn in chess must march on. tree →
note
Countable. Do not confuse with "prawn" (a sea animal) or "paw".
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «pawn» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.