pea
part of speech
noun (a pea, peas)
meaning for a pupil
1) A pea is a small round green seed that grows in a pod and is eaten as a vegetable. tree →
2) The pea plant is a climbing plant that grows these pods. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons, peas show seeds inside a pod (fruit); children grow pea plants and watch them climb with tendrils. In health lessons, peas are vegetables with fibre and protein. In stories: «The Princess and the Pea». Size word: «as small as a pea», «pea-sized hail». Safety: whole peas, nuts and small round foods can choke very young children. Phrases: «peas in a pod», «like two peas in a pod» (very alike), «mushy peas», «pea soup», «pea-green».
examples
- I don't like peas, but I eat them anyway. tree →
- We shelled the peas from their pods. tree →
- The princess felt the pea through twenty mattresses. tree →
- The twins are like two peas in a pod. tree →
- We had fish, chips and mushy peas. tree →
- Pea plants climb with curly tendrils. tree →
- The hailstones were the size of peas. tree →
- Use a pea-sized amount of toothpaste. tree →
- [190] Chernushka, a sort of wild pea. tree →
note
Countable: «a pea, peas». Homophone: «pee» (a childish word for wee/urine) and the letter «P» sound the same. «Chickpeas» are a different plant. A «pea-sized» amount is very small.
In the corpora
- Bread fills ducks with little goodness and rotting leftovers dirty the pond; oats, peas, sweetcorn or duck food are better.
- Peanuts are seeds that grow in pods underground like peas and beans, and some people are badly allergic to them.
- Real ducks are better off with peas and oats, and a swan just wants you to give it space.
- Open a pea pod and count: usually five to ten peas, each a seed.
- Jake thought it was funny, until one evening his mum cried while holding the peas on his eye.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «pea» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.