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# awl

«awl» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small, sharp, pointed tool used to make holes in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (awls)

### meaning for a pupil

An awl is a small, sharp, pointed tool used to make holes in leather, wood or cloth, for example when sewing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awl/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales a craftsman's or animal's tool for piercing leather.

### examples

- He took an awl and heated it red-hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awl/#x1)
- Mother badger pierced the buckskin with her sharp awl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awl/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

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