rum

«rum» in Mova's school dictionary: Strange or odd: «a rum little man» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (rum, rummer, rummest); noun (rums)

meaning for a pupil

1) (old use, British) Strange or odd: «a rum little man». tree →

2) A strong drink made from sugar cane. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales and British talk, something strange or puzzling, not the drink; «rum» is an old word for odd

examples

• The pedlar was a rum old fellow with a hat full of feathers. tree →
• It is a rum thing that the door was open. tree →
• Captain Hook drank rum from a bottle. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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