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# apple

«apple» in Mova's school dictionary: **a round fruit that grows on a tree; it can be red, green…** — 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 (apple, apples)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An apple is a round fruit that grows on a tree; it can be red, green or yellow and has small seeds in the middle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#m1)

2) An apple tree is the tree that grows apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a fruit put on and taken off the table; a counted thing in problems; in science the apple is a fruit that holds seeds (the story of Newton and the falling apple and gravity); in everyday life lunchbox snacks, apple juice, apple pie; «an apple a day keeps the doctor away»

### examples

- I place two apples on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x1)
- There were 9 apples. Tom ate 1 of them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x2)
- A basket holds 6 apples. How many apples are in 4 baskets? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x3)
- Nora has 5 apples and Ali has 8 apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x4)
- I have an apple in my lunchbox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x5)
- We picked apples at the farm in autumn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x6)
- Cut the apple in half and look at the seeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x7)
- Grandma makes the best apple pie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x8)
- The apples were beginning to roast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apple/#x9)

### note

Say «an apple», not «a apple». The thing being counted; it is a fruit, so it also counts in «how many fruits». Trap: do not add apples to cups or pencils unless the question asks for all things. Wash an apple before eating it; the seeds should not be eaten in large amounts.

### In the corpora

- [Without that delivery the blossom would never become an apple.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food/1/)
- [Apples, almonds, strawberries and coffee all need pollinators.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food/8/)
- [Everything is made of chemicals, including water, apples and you; what matters is which chemical and how much.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up/17/)
- [Cut an apple for your lunchbox and by break time the white flesh has gone brown.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould/0/)
- [Cutting opened the apple's cells, so air reached their chemicals, and an enzyme helped them react with oxygen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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