stressed
part of speech
adjective (stressed, more stressed); verb form (past of stress: stress, stresses, stressed, stressing)
meaning for a pupil
1) Stressed means feeling worried, tense and under pressure, like before a big test. tree →
2) A stressed part of a word is the syllable said more strongly, like PEN in «pencil». tree →
3) If someone stressed something, they said it was very important. tree →
4) Stressed can mean a material is under force or pressure, like a stressed beam. tree →
sense in the lessons
In feelings and wellbeing lessons, children learn what being stressed feels like (tummy ache, tight chest, short temper, trouble sleeping) and ways to cope: talking to someone, breathing slowly, moving, breaking work into small steps. In phonics and reading, stressed syllables help you say words right. Phrases: «stressed out», «feel stressed», «stressed about», «stressed the importance of».
examples
- I felt stressed before my spelling test. tree →
- Mum gets stressed when we are late. tree →
- Talking to a friend helps when you're stressed. tree →
- Dad was stressed out about the move. tree →
- In «banana», the middle syllable is stressed. tree →
- The teacher stressed that we must not run near the pool. tree →
- Our cat gets stressed during fireworks. tree →
- If you feel stressed, tell a grown-up you trust. tree →
note
«Stressed» (worried) and «stressful» (causing worry: a stressful day) are different. A fun word fact: «stressed» spelled backwards is «desserts». Everyone gets stressed sometimes; it is normal, but feeling stressed all the time is worth talking about.
In the corpora
- Calm, slow handling keeps sheep less stressed; stressed sheep scatter and can hurt themselves.
- Dogs get stressed when a routine suddenly changes, for example when the holidays end.
- Many places no longer give goldfish as fair prizes, because a fish in a small bag is stressed and often dies soon after.
- Cats usually purr when content, but they can also purr when hurt or stressed.
- In play, a pet should catch the toy sometimes, because always losing makes animals stressed or snappy.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «stressed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.