scarf
part of speech
noun (a scarf, scarves or scarfs); verb (scarf down — informal American, eat fast)
meaning for a pupil
1) A long strip of warm cloth worn around the neck, or a square piece of cloth worn on the head or shoulders. tree →
2) Informal American: to scarf (down) food means to eat it very quickly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, we wear a scarf in cold weather with a hat and gloves to keep warm; some people wear head scarves for their religion or culture, which we respect. Football fans wear scarves in their team's colours. In safety: a long scarf can get caught in moving things like bike wheels, escalators or playground equipment, so tuck it in. Phrases: "wrap up in a scarf", "knit a scarf", "a woolly scarf", "a silk scarf", "headscarf".
examples
- Wear your scarf; it's freezing outside. tree →
- Grandma knitted me a stripy scarf. tree →
- Tuck your scarf in when you ride your bike. tree →
- She wore a red headscarf. tree →
- The fans waved their team scarves. tree →
- I wrapped my scarf around my face against the wind. tree →
- He lost his scarf on the bus. tree →
- Don't scarf down your lunch so fast! tree →
- Have you got my scarf and my bouquet?’ tree →
note
Plural: scarves (more common) or scarfs. Like leaf → leaves, f becomes v. In maths, if 4 children each wear 1 scarf, there are 4 scarves.
In the corpora
- In cartoons winter animals snuggle in cosy burrows with scarves on.
- Cords, drawstrings and scarves on clothes can catch on playground equipment and pull tight around your neck.
- Cords, strings and long scarves are kept away from small children because they can wrap around the neck.
- Cords and scarves can also catch on equipment and strangle a child.
- Take off scarves, helmets and clothes with cords before playing on equipment, because they can catch and strangle.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «scarf» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.