plaything

«plaything» in Mova's school dictionary: a toy, or a thing that is used for fun — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (plaything, playthings)

meaning for a pupil

1) A plaything is a toy, or a thing that is used for fun. tree →

2) (figurative) A plaything can be a person or thing that is treated as a toy and used by others, with no say of their own. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a child's toy is a plaything; a grown-up may say someone was the plaything of fate or luck, meaning pushed about by chance

examples

• You may have it for a plaything. tree →
• I take care of all the playthings the children have loved. tree →
• He felt he was only the plaything of fortune. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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