verse

«verse» in Mova's school dictionary: writing in the form of poetry, with lines and often… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (verse, uncountable; a verse, verses)

meaning for a pupil

1) Verse is writing in the form of poetry, with lines and often rhythm and rhyme. tree →

2) A verse is a group of lines in a poem or song (a stanza), often followed by a chorus. tree →

3) (Bible) A verse is one short numbered part of a chapter in the Bible or other holy book. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons pupils write verse and learn that a song has verses and a chorus. In religious education people look up Bible verses by book, chapter and verse number. Phrases: «in verse», «the first verse», «chapter and verse» (all the exact details), «free verse», «blank verse».

examples

• We sang the first verse and then the chorus. tree →
• The poem has four verses. tree →
• Shakespeare wrote many plays in verse. tree →
• Our teacher asked us to find a Bible verse about kindness. tree →
• The verse John 3:16 is famous among Christians. tree →
• She can quote chapter and verse from the rule book. tree →
• Free verse is poetry without rhyme. tree →
• In reply the Lion spoke the second verse: tree →

note

Uncountable when it means poetry in general, countable for a part of a poem, song or holy book. Do not confuse with «versus» (against). Bible references: book, chapter, verse.

In the corpora

• Short video apps often use one catchy clip of a song; the full song usually has verses, a chorus and other parts.
• The next verse goes wrong too, about an Owl and a Panther sharing a pie, and they let her stop.
• These are some of the milder verses.» (milder = less extreme)
• The song has four verses in all.
• And lots of poems don't rhyme; that is called free verse.

Trees and pragmatics

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