yew

«yew» in Mova's school dictionary: an evergreen tree with dark green, flat needles and red… — 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 yew, yews; yew, uncountable for the wood)

meaning for a pupil

1) A yew is an evergreen tree with dark green, flat needles and red berry-like cones; it can live for a very long time. tree →

2) Yew is the hard, bendy wood of this tree, once used to make longbows. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons, yews grow in churchyards and gardens in the UK and Ireland, and they are among the oldest living trees. Safety: almost all parts of the yew are very poisonous to people and animals, so never eat the seeds or leaves. In history, English archers' longbows were made of yew. Phrases: «yew tree», «yew hedge», «yew longbow».

examples

• An ancient yew tree grew in the churchyard. tree →
• Never eat yew berries; the seeds are poisonous. tree →
• The yew hedge was trimmed into neat shapes. tree →
• Longbows were made from yew wood. tree →
• A yew stays green all winter. tree →
• Some yews are more than a thousand years old. tree →
• As soon as the frog had recovered her senses she hopped up to the queen, who was still sitting under the yew. tree →

note

Countable for trees, uncountable for the wood. Homophones: «yew» sounds like «you» and «ewe» (a female sheep). The red fleshy part is called an aril; the seed inside is poisonous.

In the corpora

• Yews can live well over a thousand years, and some in British churchyards are among the oldest trees in Europe.
• Some common garden and wild plants, such as foxglove and yew, are poisonous if eaten.

Trees and pragmatics

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