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# hurricane

«hurricane» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very strong storm with violent winds and heavy rain…** — 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 hurricane, hurricanes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A hurricane is a very strong storm with violent winds and heavy rain that forms over warm seas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurricane/#m1)

2) Hurricane-force winds are winds of more than about 120 kilometres an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurricane/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons hurricanes form over warm oceans and spin around a calm centre called the eye; they are called typhoons or cyclones in other places. In safety lessons families prepare, follow warnings and evacuate. Phrases: «hurricane season», «the eye of the hurricane», «hurricane warning».

### examples

- The hurricane knocked down trees and power lines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurricane/#x1)
- Hurricanes form over warm oceans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurricane/#x2)
- The eye of the hurricane is calm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurricane/#x3)
- Families left their homes before the hurricane hit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurricane/#x4)
- Hurricane season is in late summer and autumn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurricane/#x5)
- Each hurricane is given a name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurricane/#x6)
- The wind was blowing at hurricane force. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurricane/#x7)
- He mounted the Billy-goat, pressed his heels into its sides, and galloped down the high street like a hurricane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurricane/#x8)

### note

Countable. Same storm, different names: hurricane (Atlantic, east Pacific), typhoon (west Pacific), cyclone (Indian Ocean, Australia). Myth: the calm eye does not mean the storm is over; strong winds return.

### In the corpora

- [Fake photos of sharks swimming in flooded streets have spread after many hurricanes; they were edited or taken from somewhere else.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/21-filters-edits-and-fake-photos/7/)
- [In a hurricane you stay indoors away from windows, or leave the area if officials tell you to.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/48-weather-emergencies/10/)
- [The calm eye of a hurricane is followed by strong winds again, so you stay inside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/48-weather-emergencies/11/)
- [During a hurricane, tornado or bushfire warning, the family follows its emergency plan and listens to official alerts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings/12/)
- [Big storms such as hurricanes and cyclones are forecast days ahead, so families have time to prepare and to leave if told to.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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