rabbit

«rabbit» in Mova's school dictionary: a small furry animal with long ears, strong back legs and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (rabbit, rabbits); verb (rabbit on — UK informal: talk a lot)

meaning for a pupil

1) A rabbit is a small furry animal with long ears, strong back legs and a short fluffy tail that hops. tree →

2) To rabbit on (UK) is to talk for a long time about unimportant things. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: things counted: rabbits on a farm or in a pet shop, their legs, ears or carrots they eat; legs problems; old puzzles about rabbits having babies. In science: rabbits are mammals; they live in burrows and eat plants; baby rabbits are kits. In everyday life: pet rabbits need space and hay. In stories: Peter Rabbit, the White Rabbit in «Alice in Wonderland», the tortoise and the hare.

examples

• There are 8 rabbits in the cage. tree →
• Each rabbit eats 2 carrots a day. tree →
• Farmer Joe has rabbits and chickens, 30 legs in all. tree →
• 3 rabbits ran away. tree →
• Rabbits live in holes called burrows. tree →
• A pet rabbit needs lots of hay. tree →
• The magician pulled a rabbit out of a hat. tree →
• Peter Rabbit squeezed under the gate. tree →
• Stop rabbiting on and do your homework! tree →
• "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. tree →

note

Animals counted; a rabbit has 4 legs and 2 ears, which some problems use without saying. Trap: in legs problems, rabbits have 4 legs but chickens have 2. Myth: rabbits should not mostly eat carrots; they need mainly hay and greens. A hare is a bigger, faster relative. Baby rabbits are called kits or kittens; «bunny» is a child's word.

In the corpora

• Wild rabbits mostly eat grass, clover and leafy plants; carrots are sugary and should be only a small treat for pet rabbits.
• Jackrabbits are hares; hares are bigger than rabbits, with longer ears and legs, and live above ground in nests in grass.
• Baby hares are born furry with open eyes and can hop soon after birth, while baby rabbits are born bare and blind underground.
• A rabbit thumps its back foot to warn other rabbits of danger, and the thud travels through the ground into the burrow.
• A happy rabbit's jump-and-twist is called a binky, and it shows the rabbit feels safe and lively.

Trees and pragmatics

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