sock
part of speech
noun (sock, socks)
meaning for a pupil
1) A sock is a soft piece of clothing worn on the foot inside a shoe. tree →
2) Socks come in pairs: a pair is 2 socks. tree →
3) To sock someone (informal) is to hit them. tree →
sense in the lessons
Maths: things counted, usually in pairs: «5 pairs» is 10 socks. Everyday: odd socks (not matching), sock puppets, Christmas stocking. Washing: socks get lost in the wash.
examples
- He has 5 pairs of socks. tree →
- A pack has 6 pairs of socks. tree →
- How many socks are in 4 pairs? tree →
- Each pair of socks costs $3. tree →
- I can only find one sock! tree →
- We made sock puppets with buttons for eyes. tree →
- Wear warm woolly socks in winter. tree →
- He is wearing odd socks today. tree →
- And his shoes were right, and his waistcoat was right, and his tie was right, and his socks were right. tree →
note
Countable: a sock, socks. A pair is 2 socks. Trap: «5 pairs» is 10 socks. Trap: in maths puzzles, picking socks from a drawer, you need 3 socks to be sure of a matching pair when there are two colours.
In the corpora
- Laundry means sorting colours, reading labels and choosing the right temperature; a red sock in a white wash turns everything pink.
- Half a pair of socks and a pillow-case short this week!
- That is why jeans go pale and why one red sock can turn a whole wash pink.
- Socks on smooth wooden stairs can slip; shoes or bare feet grip better.
- A dog that eats medicine, a sock or other wrong things may need a vet, so you tell an adult straight away.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sock» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.