raindrop

«raindrop» in Mova's school dictionary: a single small drop of water that falls from a cloud as rain — 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 (a raindrop, raindrops)

meaning for a pupil

A raindrop is a single small drop of water that falls from a cloud as rain. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science raindrops appear in the water cycle: water vapour condenses in clouds into tiny droplets that join together until they are heavy enough to fall. Sunlight passing through raindrops makes a rainbow. In stories and poems raindrops show weather and mood. Phrases: «the first raindrops», «raindrops on the window».

examples

• A raindrop landed on my nose. tree →
• Raindrops raced down the window. tree →
• The first raindrops fell as we reached the car. tree →
• Sunlight shining through raindrops makes a rainbow. tree →
• Tiny droplets join to make a raindrop heavy enough to fall. tree →
• Raindrops are round, not shaped like tears. tree →
• We counted raindrops in the puddle. tree →
• The leaves were covered with raindrops after the storm. tree →

note

Countable: «a raindrop», «raindrops». A compound of «rain» and «drop», one word. Myth: raindrops are not tear-shaped; small ones are round and bigger ones are flattened like a bun.

In the corpora

• Web spiders feel vibrations so well they can tell a trapped insect from a leaf or a raindrop.
• Sky-water (rain).» Just then a real raindrop falls on her hand.
• A rainbow appears when raindrops bend sunlight and split it into its colours; you see one only with the Sun behind you.
• A rainbow forms when sunlight bends and splits inside raindrops.
• A rainbow forms when sunlight bends inside raindrops and splits into colours; you cannot reach the end of a rainbow.

Trees and pragmatics

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