skip
part of speech
verb, noun (skip, skips, skipped, skipping)
meaning for a pupil
1) To skip is to move along with little hops and jumps. tree →
2) To skip rope (UK: skipping) is to jump over a turning rope. tree →
3) To skip something is to leave it out or not do it: skip breakfast. tree →
4) To skip count is to count by 2s, 5s or 10s. tree →
5) A skip (UK) is a big metal container for rubbish. tree →
6) To skip a place can mean to leave it quickly and run away from it. tree →
sense in the lessons
Maths: skip counting (2, 4, 6 ...) is repeated addition, the start of times tables; days or pages skipped are left out (subtract). Playground: skipping rope, skipping games and rhymes. Health: do not skip breakfast. Phrases: skip a turn, skip a class.
examples
- Skip count by 5s to 50. tree →
- She skipped rope 80 times. tree →
- He skipped 2 days of practice. tree →
- How many pages did she read if she skipped 10? tree →
- The children skipped happily down the lane. tree →
- You skip a turn if you land on this square. tree →
- Don't skip breakfast before a test. tree →
- The builders filled the skip with old bricks. tree →
- You better go long an' git yo' kyarpet-sack and skip de town. tree →
note
Doubles the p: skipped, skipping. Skip counting is repeated addition (multiplication); things skipped are left out (subtract). Trap: «skip every other number» means count by 2s. Trap: skipping class is not allowed.
In the corpora
- Homework is practice; copying it skips the learning and shows up in tests.
- You can understand a text well without knowing every word; skip, read on, then come back.
- Ali skips the glossary and then gets stuck on «hibernate»: it means a long winter sleep.
- You may skip a hard question and come back to it if there is time.
- Breakfast gives the body and brain fuel for the morning; skipping it can leave you wobbly and unable to focus.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «skip» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.