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# kid

«kid» in Mova's school dictionary: **a child or a young person** — 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 (kid, kids); verb (kid, kids, kidded, kidding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A kid is a child or a young person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kid/#m1)

2) A kid is a young goat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kid/#m2)

3) To kid is to joke or tease in a friendly way; «just kidding» means «I was joking». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kid/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

people counted: kids at camp, at school, or going home; «kid» is an everyday, friendly word, while «child» is more formal; phrases «just kidding», «are you kidding?», «kids' menu»

### examples

- There were 30 kids at camp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kid/#x1)
- 18 kids went home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kid/#x2)
- Each kid got 2 apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kid/#x3)
- How many kids stayed at camp? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kid/#x4)
- The kids played soccer after school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kid/#x5)
- The goat had two kids in the spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kid/#x6)
- I'm just kidding, I didn't really eat your cake! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kid/#x7)
- Kids under 5 ride the bus for free. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kid/#x8)
- Are you kidding? That's amazing! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kid/#x9)
- She ordered from the kids' menu. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kid/#x10)
- The Kid knew there was little hope for him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kid/#x11)

### note

A thing counted. «went home», «left» take away; «each kid got N» gives a rate. Trap: kids at camp and kids at home are separate groups. «Kid» is informal; in writing for school, «child» or «children» is often better. «Kidding» has a double d.

### In the corpora

- [Judging a whole group, like «the kids from the flats», from one picture is how prejudice starts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/16/)
- [After an accident, families often set up a kids profile, turn off autoplay and turn on safe search.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/21/)
- [You don't have to explain everything; one sentence is enough: "I saw something not for kids."](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/3/)
- [Grown-ups help with tools: kids profiles, autoplay switched off, safe search, PINs and report buttons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/9/)
- [Alice finds she has put on one of the Rabbit's little white kid gloves, which tells her she is growing small again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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