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# hobby

«hobby» in Mova's school dictionary: **Something you enjoy doing in your free time, not as a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a hobby, hobbies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Something you enjoy doing in your free time, not as a job, such as drawing, football, collecting or gardening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#m1)

2) A hobby-horse is a toy horse, made of a stick with a horse's head, that children pretend to ride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons children write and talk about their hobbies («My hobby is…»); in wellbeing lessons hobbies are a healthy way to relax and make friends. Phrases: «take up a hobby», «as a hobby», «hobbies and interests».

### examples

- My hobby is collecting stamps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#x1)
- Dad's hobby is fishing at the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#x2)
- What are your hobbies? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#x3)
- She took up painting as a new hobby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#x4)
- Building models is a fun hobby for rainy days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#x5)
- Grandpa plays the violin as a hobby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#x6)
- A hobby can help you relax after school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#x7)
- The sweet children rode on their hobby-horses through all the rooms when they came to see the grandparents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#x8)

### note

Plural «hobbies» (y → ies). A hobby is done for fun, not for money; if you are paid, it becomes a job. «Hobby» is countable: «a hobby», «two hobbies».

### In the corpora

- [Switching to a new hobby after giving the old one a fair try is a sensible choice, and skills like rhythm carry over.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going/13/)
- [Many hobbies have a few simple rules that keep you and others safe and make you better at them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/303-console-games-building-crafts-and-music/0/)
- [Idle time with friends who egg you on makes trouble more likely; clubs and hobbies help change habits.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church/25/)
- [Liking a quiet hobby like knitting, reading or drawing does not make anyone weird or weak.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/22/)
- [Best friends can like different things and do different hobbies and still be close.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/461-how-best-friends-start/30/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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