tap
part of speech
noun, verb (tap, taps, tapped, tapping)
meaning for a pupil
1) A tap (UK) is a thing you turn to let water come out (US: faucet). tree →
2) To tap means to touch something lightly and quickly. tree →
3) A tap is a light knock: a tap on the door. tree →
4) To tap a screen is to touch it to choose something. tree →
5) Tap dancing is dancing with metal plates on your shoes. tree →
6) Tap water is water from the tap. tree →
sense in the lessons
Maths: a water tap filling or dripping at a rate (liters per minute): amount = rate × time; time = amount ÷ rate. Environment: turn off the tap while you brush your teeth to save water. Everyday: tap the screen, tap someone on the shoulder, on tap (ready to use).
examples
- The tap fills 5 liters each minute. tree →
- A leaking tap drips 2 drops per second. tree →
- The bath fills in 10 minutes with the tap on. tree →
- She tapped the drum 3 times. tree →
- Turn off the tap while you brush your teeth. tree →
- Tap the icon to open the game. tree →
- Someone tapped me on the shoulder. tree →
- Is the tap water safe to drink here? tree →
- He knocked at the door--tap, tap. tree →
note
Countable noun; verb doubles the p: tapped, tapping. Usually a rate of flow: amount = rate × time; time = amount ÷ rate. Trap: with two taps filling one bath, add their rates. Tap (UK) = faucet (US).
In the corpora
- It moves as numbers when a card is tapped, a bill goes out or pay comes in.
- Example: in a café in Toronto, Mum taps her phone on the reader and the coffee is paid in a second.
- Some places add a small amount of fluoride to tap water to protect teeth.
- Over a hundred years ago a horse called Clever Hans seemed to do sums by tapping his hoof.
- After pizza your fingers are greasy, and rinsing under the tap does almost nothing: water and grease do not mix.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «tap» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.