rooster

«rooster» in Mova's school dictionary: An adult male chicken, usually with a bright red comb on… — 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 rooster, roosters)

meaning for a pupil

1) An adult male chicken, usually with a bright red comb on its head and colourful tail feathers, known for crowing loudly in the morning. tree →

2) Rooster: the name of a year in the Chinese zodiac. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and farm topics: the male is a rooster (UK often «cockerel» or «cock»), the female is a hen, the babies are chicks. Roosters crow at dawn, protect the hens and can peck or spur people, so be careful on farms. In stories, the rooster wakes up the farm. Phrases: the rooster crows, cock-a-doodle-doo, rooster and hen.

examples

• The rooster crowed at sunrise. tree →
• A rooster is a male chicken, and a hen is a female. tree →
• «Cock-a-doodle-doo!» went the rooster. tree →
• Keep away from the rooster — he can peck hard. tree →
• The rooster has a red comb on its head. tree →
• Our neighbour's rooster wakes us up every morning. tree →
• “Where are you going, Jack?” said the rooster. tree →

note

In British English, «cockerel» or «cock» is more common; Americans and Australians say «rooster». Myth: roosters don't only crow at sunrise — they crow at many times of day. Only hens lay eggs.

In the corpora

• Some roosters protect their hens by attacking, so you walk away calmly and tell the owner.
• Some roosters attack people to protect their hens, so you walk away calmly and tell the owner.
• If a rooster chases you, walk away calmly and tell its owner; some roosters attack to protect their hens.
• "kurka" means hen, and "pIven" means rooster.
• A chicken's life cycle is egg, chick and adult hen or rooster.

Trees and pragmatics

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