sparrow

«sparrow» in Mova's school dictionary: a small, common, brown and grey bird that lives near… — 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

noun (a sparrow, sparrows)

meaning for a pupil

A sparrow is a small, common, brown and grey bird that lives near houses, gardens and towns and eats seeds and insects. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons sparrows are among the first garden birds children learn; the house sparrow has become rarer in some places. In stories and poems the sparrow is a small, ordinary, cheerful bird. Phrases: «house sparrow», «a flock of sparrows».

examples

• A sparrow hopped across the playground. tree →
• Sparrows were eating crumbs under the picnic table. tree →
• The house sparrow is a small brown bird. tree →
• We put out seeds for the sparrows in winter. tree →
• A flock of sparrows chattered in the hedge. tree →
• Sparrows build nests under roofs. tree →
• "They are sparrows, and good creatures. tree →

note

Countable: sparrow, sparrows. Double «r». A «sparrowhawk» is a bird of prey that hunts sparrows and other small birds.

In the corpora

• In London sparrow numbers fell by about two-thirds in a few decades, and scientists still argue why.
• Jesus said God sees every sparrow that falls.
• Christians believe God cares for every creature, even a sparrow (Matthew 10:29).
• I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.
• As the wandering sparrow, as the flying swallow, so the curse that is causeless shall come home.

Trees and pragmatics

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