tendril
part of speech
noun (a tendril, tendrils)
meaning for a pupil
1) A tendril is a thin, curly, thread-like part of a climbing plant that wraps around things to help the plant climb, as on peas, grapes and cucumbers. tree →
2) A tendril can be a thin curl of something that looks like that, such as a tendril of hair or a tendril of smoke. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons about plants, tendrils show how climbing plants respond to touch and grow towards support so they can reach the light. In stories, «tendrils» of mist, smoke or hair paint a soft, curling picture, and «tendrils of fear» means fear slowly creeping in. Phrases: «tendrils of», «curling tendrils».
examples
- The pea plant's tendrils curled around the stick. tree →
- Grapevines climb using tendrils. tree →
- A tendril of hair escaped from her ponytail. tree →
- Tendrils of smoke rose from the campfire. tree →
- We watched a cucumber tendril wrap around the string over a week. tree →
- Tendrils of fog crept across the playing field. tree →
- In the spooky story, tendrils of ivy covered the old door. tree →
- A Goat, passing by, nibbled its young tendrils and its leaves. tree →
note
Countable noun: one tendril, many tendrils. A tendril is not the same as a root or a branch; it is a special thin part used for gripping. Spelled with one l at the end.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «tendril» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.