sunbeam

«sunbeam» in Mova's school dictionary: a ray or narrow beam of sunlight, especially one you can… — 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 (a sunbeam, sunbeams)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sunbeam is a ray or narrow beam of sunlight, especially one you can see shining through a gap, a window or clouds. tree →

2) (informal, UK) «Ray of sunshine» or «sunbeam» can be a fond name for a cheerful child. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons sunbeams show that light travels in straight lines; you can see the beam because dust or water droplets scatter the light. In stories sunbeams make scenes warm and hopeful. Phrases: «a sunbeam through the window», «dust dancing in a sunbeam».

examples

• The cat lay asleep in a warm sunbeam. tree →
• Dust danced in the sunbeam from the window. tree →
• Sunbeams broke through the clouds after the storm. tree →
• A sunbeam shows that light travels in straight lines. tree →
• We could see sunbeams shining down through the forest trees. tree →
• «Morning, sunbeam!» said Nan when I came down to breakfast. tree →

note

Countable: a sunbeam, sunbeams. One word. You see a beam only when tiny bits in the air, like dust or mist, scatter the light into your eyes. Never look straight at the sun.

In the corpora

• Toad: «Me complain of that beautiful, that heavenly vision ... that swan, that sunbeam, that thunderbolt! ...

Trees and pragmatics

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