snore

«snore» in Mova's school dictionary: To breathe noisily while asleep, with a rough sound in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (snore, snores, snored, snoring); noun (a snore, snores)

meaning for a pupil

1) To breathe noisily while asleep, with a rough sound in the nose or throat. tree →

2) (noun) The sound of snoring. tree →

3) (informal) «A snore» or «snore-fest» means something very boring. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, Dad snores and keeps everyone awake. In stories, snores show a character is fast asleep (Zzz). In science, snoring happens when air shakes soft parts in the throat. Phrases: snore loudly, a loud snore.

examples

• Grandpa snores so loudly the windows shake. tree →
• I heard the dog snore under the table. tree →
• He snored all through the film. tree →
• That lesson was a snore. tree →
• A loud snore came from the tent. tree →
• Do you snore? tree →
• Pinocchio snored away happily as if his feet were not his own. tree →

note

Regular verb: snored; noun: snoring, snorer. Comics write snoring as «Zzz».

In the corpora

• A parent sleeping on the sofa for a few nights may mean a disagreement, or something simple like snoring or a bad back.

Trees and pragmatics

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