snoring

«snoring» in Mova's school dictionary: the loud, rough sound some people and animals make when… — 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

noun (snoring, uncountable); verb, -ing form of snore (snore, snores, snored, snoring)

meaning for a pupil

1) Snoring is the loud, rough sound some people and animals make when they breathe while asleep. tree →

2) Snoring (verb) means making that sound right now. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it is often funny: a giant or grandpa snoring loudly. In health lessons, snoring happens when air shakes soft parts in the throat and nose; a cold can make you snore. Phrases: «loud snoring», «snoring away», «stop snoring».

examples

• Grandpa was snoring in his armchair. tree →
• I could hear Dad's snoring through the wall. tree →
• The dog lay by the fire, snoring softly. tree →
• His snoring kept the whole tent awake. tree →
• A blocked nose can cause snoring. tree →
• The giant was snoring so loudly that the trees shook. tree →
• Stop snoring and roll over! tree →
• After that she lay down and was soon snoring loudly. tree →

note

As a noun, uncountable: «his snoring». As a verb, drop the e of snore before -ing: «snore → snoring». A person who snores is a «snorer». In comics, snoring is often written «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 «snoring» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.