scull
part of speech
noun (a scull, sculls); verb (scull, sculls, sculled, sculling)
meaning for a pupil
1) One of a pair of oars that one rower uses, one in each hand. tree →
2) A light, narrow racing boat rowed with sculls. tree →
3) (verb) To row a boat using a pair of sculls, or using one oar at the back of the boat moved from side to side. tree →
4) (verb, Australia, NZ, informal) To drink a whole drink very quickly in one go (this is for grown-ups at parties). tree →
sense in the lessons
In The Wind in the Willows, Ratty sculls his little boat on the river and teaches Mole; when Mole grabs the sculls to show off, he turns the boat over. In sport, single sculls and double sculls are Olympic rowing races. Phrase: «scull a boat», «single sculls».
examples
- Ratty sculled gently up the river. tree →
- Mole snatched the sculls and fell in the water. tree →
- She won the single sculls race at the regatta. tree →
- Hold one scull in each hand and pull together. tree →
- The fisherman sculled with one oar at the back of the boat. tree →
- You need practice to scull in a straight line. tree →
note
Scull sounds exactly like skull (the bones of the head) — homophones with different meanings. A scull is a small oar; a sculler is the rower.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «scull» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.