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# greensward

«greensward» in Mova's school dictionary: **a stretch of smooth green grass, like a lawn or meadow** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (greenswards)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use) a stretch of smooth green grass, like a lawn or meadow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greensward/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a lovely open place of grass under trees, where people walk or rest

### examples

- There were lovely patches of greensward all about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greensward/#x1)
- The children rested on the greensward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greensward/#x2)
- Deer grazed on the greensward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greensward/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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