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# jay

«jay» in Mova's school dictionary: **a noisy, colourful bird of the crow family; the Eurasian…** — 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 (a jay, jays); also the letter J (jay); also a name (Jay)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A jay is a noisy, colourful bird of the crow family; the Eurasian jay is pinkish brown with bright blue wing patches, and the blue jay of North America is blue and white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jay/#m1)

2) «Jay» is how we say and sometimes write the letter J. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jay/#m2)

3) Jay is also a name (a name). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jay/#m3)

4) Jay can also be an insult for a silly, foolish person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jay/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In nature lessons jays are famous for burying acorns to eat in winter; the forgotten ones grow into oak trees, so jays help plant forests. Their loud screech warns other animals of danger. In North America, the blue jay is a common garden bird. Phrases: «blue jay», «a jay's screech».

### examples

- A jay buried acorns all over the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jay/#x1)
- The jay screeched loudly when the cat came near. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jay/#x2)
- Blue jays visited our bird feeder in Toronto. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jay/#x3)
- Jays are clever members of the crow family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jay/#x4)
- Forgotten acorns hidden by jays grow into new oak trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jay/#x5)
- «Jay» is the name of the letter J. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jay/#x6)
- My cousin Jay plays the drums. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jay/#x7)
- “You dunderheaded little jay!” she screamed, “Why don’t you do as I tell you?” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jay/#x8)

### note

Plural «jays». Capital J for the name. Trap: in old American slang «jaywalk» means to cross the road carelessly away from a crossing; that word came from «jay» meaning a silly country person.

### In the corpora

- [A jay's feather is blue because of shape: crush it and the blue is gone, leaving grey-brown.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/367-animal-colours-pink-flamingos-rare-blue-animals-white-albinos-and-black-panthers/2/)
- [At pick-up, Liam-Jay's mum is stumbling and slurring.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/35/)
- [Liam-Jay is mortified, which means so embarrassed he wants to vanish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/37/)
- [«Cheers, pal.» Liam-Jay doesn't need it that week, but he knows where to go.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/25/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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