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# pencil

«pencil» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a thin stick of wood with grey graphite (called «lead»)…** — 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 (pencil, pencils); verb (pencil — to write in pencil)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pencil is a thin stick of wood with grey graphite (called «lead») or colour inside, for writing and drawing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pencil/#m1)

2) A coloured pencil is a pencil for drawing in colours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pencil/#m2)

3) To pencil something in is to write it down for now, maybe to change later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pencil/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

a thing on the table; a counted thing («Anna has 18 pencils and shares them equally among 2 friends»); in class «sharpen your pencil», «pencil case», «write in pencil»; in everyday life drawing and colouring; in science pencil «lead» is not real lead but graphite

### examples

- Lily had 9 pencils and lost 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pencil/#x1)
- Anna has 18 pencils and shares them equally among 2 friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pencil/#x2)
- A box has 10 pencils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pencil/#x3)
- Sharpen your pencil before the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pencil/#x4)
- Write your answers in pencil, so you can rub them out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pencil/#x5)
- I keep my pencils in a pencil case. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pencil/#x6)
- She drew a horse with coloured pencils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pencil/#x7)
- Don't run with a sharp pencil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pencil/#x8)
- The pencil would not go quite as it ought,--he had found that out; but the next day he tried again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pencil/#x9)

### note

Not a fruit; no operation clue. Spelling: pen-cil, ends in -il. Pencil «lead» is graphite, not the metal lead.

### In the corpora

- [Even one pencil dot holds more atoms than the number of people who have ever lived.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/1-what-is-everything-made-of/7/)
- [Pencil "lead" is graphite, a kind of carbon, mixed with clay; it contains no lead metal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/1-what-is-everything-made-of/8/)
- [Schools teach the tripod grip: the pencil pinched between thumb and first finger, resting on the middle finger, near the tip.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/5-handwriting-holding-the-pencil-and-joining-up/1/)
- [Opening packets with your teeth and chewing pencils or ice can crack teeth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth/12/)
- [You ask before borrowing a classmate's pencil or rubber and give it back when you finish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pencil» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pencil/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.