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# kite

«kite» in Mova's school dictionary: **a light toy made of paper, plastic or cloth on a long…** — 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 (kite, kites)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A kite is a light toy made of paper, plastic or cloth on a long string that flies in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kite/#m1)

2) A kite is a four-sided shape with two pairs of equal sides next to each other, like a diamond that is longer at the bottom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kite/#m2)

3) A kite is a bird of prey, like a small hawk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kite/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, things counted or bought; string length or height; a four-sided shape with one line of symmetry. In science, a kite shows how wind pushes and lifts. In everyday life and safety: fly kites in open fields, far from power lines. In stories, a kite is carried away by the wind. Phrases: «fly a kite», «kite string», «as high as a kite».

### examples

- Sam has 4 kites. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kite/#x1)
- The kite string is 50 metres long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kite/#x2)
- A kite costs 7 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kite/#x3)
- The kite flew 30 metres high. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kite/#x4)
- We flew our kite on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kite/#x5)
- Never fly a kite near power lines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kite/#x6)
- Draw a kite and mark its equal sides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kite/#x7)
- A red kite circled over the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kite/#x8)
- The wind lifted the kite high above the trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kite/#x9)
- The Eagle accepted the Kite immediately. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kite/#x10)

### note

Countable: a kite, kites. Do not confuse with kit (a set of things). Usually the thing counted or a length of string. Trap: as a shape, a kite has 4 sides, two pairs of equal ones next to each other (not opposite, as in a parallelogram).

### In the corpora

- [Kites and drones should be flown far from overhead power lines.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/32-electricity-at-home/22/)
- [A kite string, especially a wet one, can carry electricity from a power line to the person holding it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/28-electricity-and-safety/14/)
- [Never climb a pylon, and keep kites and drones far away from power lines.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/32-power-stations-and-the-grid/13/)
- [You should never fly a kite near overhead power lines.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/87-electricity-at-home-and-safety/22/)
- [A shape with 4 sides is not always a square: rectangles and kites have 4 sides too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/184-if-then-and-its-traps/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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