whiting

«whiting» in Mova's school dictionary: A small sea fish of the cod family, with white flesh… — 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 whiting, whiting or whitings)

meaning for a pupil

1) A small sea fish of the cod family, with white flesh, found in the seas around Europe; it is eaten as food. tree →

2) (also other fish called whiting in the USA and Australia) a name for several kinds of small white-fleshed sea fish. tree →

3) Finely ground white chalk used for whitewash, paint and cleaning. tree →

sense in the lessons

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland the Mock Turtle's song begins «"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail», and the Gryphon makes a joke that whitings are what boots and shoes are done with under the sea (playing on whitening shoes, cleaning them white). In Victorian England whiting was often served with its tail in its mouth. At the fish shop, whiting is a cheap fish for fish and chips in Australia.

examples

• We had fried whiting and chips at the seaside. tree →
• «Will you walk a little faster?» said a whiting to a snail. tree →
• The fisherman caught three whiting off the pier. tree →
• In Wonderland, the whiting does the boots and shoes under the sea. tree →
• King George whiting is a favourite fish in South Australia. tree →
• Old cottages were painted with whiting mixed with water. tree →
• "Those are scaly animals" said a little slimy Whiting. tree →

note

The plural is usually the same: «three whiting», though «whitings» is also used (Alice uses «whitings»). Do not mix up with «whitening» (making something whiter).

In the corpora

• The song: «"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail.

Trees and pragmatics

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