toby

«toby» in Mova's school dictionary: a boy's name — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a toby jug, toby jugs); proper noun (Toby — a name)

meaning for a pupil

1) Toby is a boy's name. tree →

2) A toby jug is an old-fashioned china jug or mug shaped like a fat, jolly man wearing a three-cornered hat. tree →

3) Toby is the traditional name of the dog in Punch and Judy puppet shows. tree →

sense in the lessons

Mostly a name: a boy, a pet dog or a character in a story may be called Toby. Grandparents may collect toby jugs as ornaments. It is not a common everyday word otherwise.

examples

• Toby is the new boy in our class. tree →
• Our dog is called Toby. tree →
• Nan has a toby jug on the shelf. tree →
• The toby jug looks like a smiling old man in a hat. tree →
• Toby has 6 marbles and wins 4 more, so he has 10. tree →
• In the Punch and Judy show, Toby is the dog. tree →

note

As a name it needs a capital T. «Toby jug» is lower case. In maths problems, Toby is just a person's name; the numbers belong to him.

In the corpora

• Toby's friend says Fleming found penicillin and saved everybody in like a day.
• Toby says sharks can't get cancer.

Trees and pragmatics

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