scald

«scald» in Mova's school dictionary: to burn your skin with very hot liquid or steam — 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

verb (scald, scalds, scalded, scalding); noun (a scald, scalds)

meaning for a pupil

1) To scald is to burn your skin with very hot liquid or steam. tree →

2) A scald is an injury to the skin caused by hot liquid or steam. tree →

3) To scald something, like milk, is to heat it until it is almost boiling. tree →

sense in the lessons

In safety lessons, scalds are a common injury in the kitchen and bathroom: hot drinks, kettles, saucepans and bath water can scald, especially small children. Turn pan handles inward, never carry hot drinks near little ones, test bath water with your elbow, and keep away from kettle steam. First aid: cool the scald under cool (not icy) running water for 20 minutes, remove clothing near it if not stuck, cover loosely with cling film, and tell an adult. Phrases: «scalding hot», «scald yourself».

examples

• Be careful, the tea is scalding hot. tree →
• He scalded his hand on the steam from the kettle. tree →
• Hold a scald under cool running water for twenty minutes. tree →
• Turn pan handles inward so nobody gets scalded. tree →
• Never put ice or butter on a scald. tree →
• Test the bath water so the baby doesn't get scalded. tree →
• A hot drink can scald a toddler even after fifteen minutes. tree →
• The recipe says to scald the milk. tree →
• It rushed down my throat and scalded me. tree →

note

Regular verb: scalded. «Scalding» (adjective) means extremely hot. A scald is a kind of burn caused by liquid or steam; a burn is from dry heat, fire or hot objects. Myth: butter or toothpaste do not help burns; cool water does.

In the corpora

• A hot drink can still scald a small child badly fifteen minutes after it was made.
• Water that is too hot can scald a baby's thin skin in a few seconds.
• Turn pan handles inwards and stand back when a lid comes off, because boiling water and steam scald.
• Wait a few minutes and stand back when opening a dishwasher that has just finished, because hot steam can scald.
• Ask a grown-up for help with very hot water, because it can scald your skin.

Trees and pragmatics

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