willow

«willow» in Mova's school dictionary: a tree with long, thin, bendy branches and narrow leaves… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a willow, willows; willow, uncountable for the wood)

meaning for a pupil

1) A willow is a tree with long, thin, bendy branches and narrow leaves, often growing near water. tree →

2) Willow is the wood of this tree, used to make cricket bats and baskets. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons, willows grow by rivers and ponds; weeping willows have branches that hang down to the water. Willow bark contains a natural substance once used to ease pain. Cricket bats are made of willow. In stories, willow trees appear by riverbanks («The Wind in the Willows»). Phrases: «weeping willow», «pussy willow», «willow basket».

examples

• A weeping willow hung over the pond. tree →
• Cricket bats are made from willow. tree →
• We made a basket from willow sticks. tree →
• Willows like wet ground near rivers. tree →
• The willow's long branches swayed in the wind. tree →
• Pussy willow has soft, furry buds. tree →
• The long willow-leaves were quite yellow. tree →

note

Countable for trees («three willows»), uncountable for the wood («made of willow»). Double l. Adjective «willowy» means tall, thin and graceful.

In the corpora

• And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
• Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.
• The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

Trees and pragmatics

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