sip

«sip» in Mova's school dictionary: To drink slowly, taking only a small amount at a time — 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 (sip, sips, sipped, sipping); noun (a sip, sips)

meaning for a pupil

1) To drink slowly, taking only a small amount at a time. tree →

2) A very small mouthful of a drink. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, we sip hot drinks so as not to burn our mouths. In manners lessons, we sip quietly instead of slurping. In health, taking sips of water helps when you feel sick. Phrases: take a sip, sip slowly, a sip of water.

examples

• Sip your hot chocolate slowly. tree →
• Can I have a sip of your juice? tree →
• Grandma sipped her tea. tree →
• Take small sips if your tummy hurts. tree →
• The hummingbird sipped nectar from the flower. tree →
• He took one sip and pulled a face. tree →
• Then he nibbled his little piece of wheaten bread and sipped his water, and his hunger was immediately satisfied. tree →

note

Regular verb, double p: sipped, sipping. A sip is much smaller than a gulp. Hygiene: don't share cups or bottles when someone is ill, because germs spread.

In the corpora

• Soup is eaten quietly, sipping from the side of the spoon, without slurping.
• Eat quietly and sip soup from the side of the spoon; loud eating bothers others.
• Sam told Grandad that, and Grandad, after a long sip of tea, said: «Well.
• Small sips before, during and after sport top you up; gulping two whole bottles at once just sloshes about in your tummy.
• Sports drinks are sugary and acidic, so sipping them slowly for hours bathes the teeth again and again and can cause decay.

Trees and pragmatics

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