pony
part of speech
noun (a pony, ponies)
meaning for a pupil
1) A pony is a kind of small horse that stays small even when fully grown. tree →
2) Informally, «pony» is a word some people use for a horse that children ride. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life many children learn to ride on ponies at riding schools and pony clubs; ponies are strong for their size, clever and can live in harsh places like moors (such as Shetland and Dartmoor ponies). In stories ponies are pets and companions. Phrases: «pony ride», «pony club», «Shetland pony», «ponytail» (hair tied back).
examples
- I rode a pony at the farm. tree →
- A pony is shorter than most horses. tree →
- Shetland ponies are small but very strong. tree →
- We saw wild ponies on Dartmoor. tree →
- She grooms her pony every morning before school. tree →
- The pony trotted round the field. tree →
- My sister wears her hair in a ponytail. tree →
- Always walk behind a pony with care; it may kick if startled. tree →
- When the bewildered woman reached her dwelling, she mounted a pony and rode swiftly across the rolling land. tree →
note
Plural «ponies» (y changes to ies). A baby horse or pony is a «foal», not a pony. A pony is measured in «hands» (up to about 14.2 hands). Safety: approach a pony from the side so it can see you.
In the corpora
- For its size a Shetland pony is one of the strongest horses and once pulled carts in coal mines.
- When you ride a pony you are sitting on thousands of years of history.
- Always wear a riding helmet when you ride a horse or pony.
- Aisha said she'd read her chapter about a dragon; the book was about a pony.
- A silly impossible add-on like "Yeah, sure, and a pony too" means "no".
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «pony» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.