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# adder

«adder» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small poisonous snake, the only venomous snake native…** — 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 (an adder, adders)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An adder is a small poisonous snake, the only venomous snake native to Britain, with a dark zig-zag pattern down its back. Another name is common European viper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adder/#m1)

2) An adder is a person or thing that adds numbers, such as a part of a computer that adds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adder/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In nature and safety it is a snake of heathland and moors; bites are rare but need medical help. In computing it is a simple circuit. In Australia, the death adder is a different, very dangerous snake. Phrases: adder bite, death adder.

### examples

- An adder was sunbathing on the heath path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adder/#x1)
- The adder has a black zig-zag stripe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adder/#x2)
- If an adder bites you, keep still and get medical help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adder/#x3)
- Adders are shy and usually slip away from people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adder/#x4)
- A computer has an adder circuit that adds numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adder/#x5)
- The death adder lives in Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adder/#x6)
- In one hand she brandishes a poniard and a hissing adder, whilst in the other she carries a burning torch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adder/#x7)

### note

Countable: an adder. Fun fact: "a nadder" became "an adder" long ago. Safety: never touch a snake; walk away calmly, and keep dogs on leads on heaths.

### In the corpora

- [In Britain the only venomous snake is the adder, and bites are rare.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/246-defences-venom-in-snakes-jellyfish-scorpions-and-the-platypus/18/)
- [The adder bites only when stepped on or grabbed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/393-mushrooms-and-creatures-to-avoid-in-the-woods-death-caps-adders-ticks-and-hornets/4/)
- [The adder is the only venomous snake that lives wild in Britain, and its bite needs a hospital visit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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