sally

«sally» in Mova's school dictionary: a girl's name — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a sally, sallies); verb (sally, sallies, sallied, sallying); proper noun (Sally) — a name

meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) Sally is a girl's name. tree →

2) (old, war) A sally is a sudden attack by soldiers rushing out from a castle or town that is under siege. tree →

3) (literary) A sally is a quick, witty remark. tree →

4) (verb) To sally forth is to set out boldly, often jokingly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons a sally is a castle attack; in stories, characters «sally forth» on adventures; «Aunt Sally» is an old fairground game. Phrases: sally forth, sally port.

examples

• Sally is my best friend. tree →
• The knights made a sally from the castle. tree →
• We sallied forth to the shops. tree →
• His sally made everyone laugh. tree →
• The sally port was a small castle door. tree →
• Sally walked her dog in the park. tree →
• ‘Wasp’s-nest, Wasp’s-nest, make a sally, Or Drakestail nevermore may rally.’ tree →

note

As a name, capital S. Past: sallied. «Sally forth» is old-fashioned and often jokey.

In the corpora

• Sally Lightfoot crabs are bright red crabs that leap from rock to rock, eat algae and pick ticks off marine iguanas.

Trees and pragmatics

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