robin

«robin» in Mova's school dictionary: a small bird with a red or orange breast — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (robin, robins; also a name: Robin)

meaning for a pupil

1) A robin is a small bird with a red or orange breast. The European robin is small and round; the American robin is bigger, a kind of thrush. tree →

2) Robin is also a name for a boy or a girl. tree →

3) Robin Hood is a famous hero of old English stories; Robin is also Batman's helper. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: birds counted, eggs in a nest, or a person named Robin. In science: American robins lay blue eggs and eat worms; European robins sing all winter and defend their patch. In everyday life: robins on Christmas cards in the UK; «the first robin of spring» in the USA and Canada. In stories: Robin Hood took from the rich to give to the poor.

examples

• There are 5 robins on the tree. tree →
• A robin's nest has 4 eggs. tree →
• Robin has $20 to spend. tree →
• 2 robins flew away. tree →
• An American robin lays bright blue eggs. tree →
• The robin pulled a worm from the lawn. tree →
• Robins often appear on Christmas cards in Britain. tree →
• Robin Hood lived in Sherwood Forest. tree →
• Robin and her brother went to the park. tree →

note

Birds counted; a bird has 2 legs. As a name it carries no clue. Trap: none. With a capital letter it is a name (Robin); in lower case it is the bird. The American and European robins are different birds with the same name.

In the corpora

• Long before there were gardeners, robins followed wild boar rooting through the forest floor for exactly the same reason.
• Scientists find these senses by careful tests, for example by switching on a weak radio noise and watching robins lose their way.

Trees and pragmatics

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