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# earring

«earring» in Mova's school dictionary: **a piece of jewellery worn on the ear, usually through a…** — 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 (an earring, earrings)

### meaning for a pupil

An earring is a piece of jewellery worn on the ear, usually through a small hole in the earlobe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people wear earrings; some schools have rules about jewellery, and in PE earrings must be taken out or taped for safety. Phrases: a pair of earrings, wear earrings, clip-on earrings, studs.

### examples

- She wore shiny gold earrings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/#x1)
- I got my ears pierced and wore my first earrings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/#x2)
- Take out your earrings before PE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/#x3)
- Grandma gave me a pair of earrings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/#x4)
- One earring fell off at the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/#x5)
- Clip-on earrings don't need a hole in your ear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/#x6)
- The grocer’s wife was so terrified that she took her gold earrings out of her ears and put them in her pocket in order to save something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/#x7)

### note

Countable: an earring; earrings usually come in a pair. Spelling: double r: ear + ring. Small earrings are often called studs; big round ones are hoops.

### In the corpora

- [Rings, earrings and necklaces come off before sport, because they catch and tear skin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/13/)
- [Take off rings, earrings and necklaces before sport, because they can catch and tear skin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/304-outdoor-games-and-sports-rules/14/)
- [He sends money and presents: a tablet, gold earrings, sweets.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/519-parents-far-away-the-army-work-abroad-prison/7/)
- [And I put a ring upon thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.323/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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