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# buckle

«buckle» in Mova's school dictionary: **a metal or plastic clip on a belt, strap or shoe that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a buckle, buckles); verb (buckle, buckles, buckled, buckling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A buckle is a metal or plastic clip on a belt, strap or shoe that fastens two ends together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buckle/#m1)

2) To buckle is to fasten with a buckle: «Buckle your seat belt.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buckle/#m2)

3) If something buckles, it bends, crumples or collapses under weight or heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buckle/#m3)

4) If your knees buckle, they suddenly bend because you are weak or scared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buckle/#m4)

5) (informal) To buckle down is to start working hard; to buckle under is to give in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buckle/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons, «buckle up» means fasten your seat belt every time in the car. In science and engineering, beams and bridges can buckle under too much weight or heat (railway tracks in summer). In stories, a character's knees buckle from fear. Phrases: «buckle up», «buckle your belt», «buckle down», «buckle under pressure».

### examples

- Buckle up — we're leaving! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buckle/#x1)
- My shoes have shiny silver buckles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buckle/#x2)
- He buckled his belt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buckle/#x3)
- The bridge buckled under the weight of the trucks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buckle/#x4)
- The heat made the train tracks buckle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buckle/#x5)
- Her knees buckled when she saw the spider. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buckle/#x6)
- It's time to buckle down and study for the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buckle/#x7)
- The pirate wore a hat and boots with buckles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buckle/#x8)
- "Ha! ha! ha! you make me laugh so that I can scarcely buckle the saddle-straps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buckle/#x9)

### note

Verb + up/down/under change the meaning. Safety: children should sit in a car seat or booster with the seat belt buckled until they are tall enough. Related: unbuckle.

### In the corpora

- [Many crashes happen on short trips close to home, so you buckle up for every trip, however short.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/268-in-the-car-and-seat-belts/20/)
- [A helmet fits snug and level, just above the eyebrows, with the strap buckled; a loose helmet does not protect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/5/)
- [On a bike, a level, buckled helmet and brakes that work matter more than looking cool.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/5/)
- [Bridges grow a little in summer and shrink in winter, and the gaps with metal teeth stop them cracking or buckling.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/24-melting-freezing-and-boiling/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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