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# doll

«doll» in Mova's school dictionary: **a toy shaped like a baby, child or person** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a doll, dolls); verb (doll up — informal: dolled up)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A doll is a toy shaped like a baby, child or person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doll/#m1)

2) (informal, old-fashioned) Doll is a word for a pretty or kind person: «You're a doll.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doll/#m2)

3) (informal) To get dolled up means to dress up nicely for a special event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doll/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In children's stories and play dolls are toys; maths problems may count or share dolls. In casual speech «dolled up» means dressed smartly. Phrases: «doll's house» (UK), «dollhouse» (US), «rag doll», «dolled up».

### examples

- My little sister plays with her doll every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doll/#x1)
- Gran made me a rag doll. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doll/#x2)
- The doll's house has six rooms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doll/#x3)
- Mia has 4 dolls and gets 3 more; how many does she have now? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doll/#x4)
- They got all dolled up for the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doll/#x5)
- Thanks for helping, you're a doll. (informal) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doll/#x6)
- Why, it was her doll that helped Vasilissa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doll/#x7)

### note

Countable. «Doll's house» is UK; «dollhouse» is US. Calling a woman «doll» can sound old-fashioned or rude today.

### In the corpora

- [Play specialists use dolls, pictures and games to show children what will happen and to distract them during procedures.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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