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# lint

«lint» in Mova's school dictionary: **tiny bits of fluff and fibre that come off clothes and cloth** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (lint, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lint is tiny bits of fluff and fibre that come off clothes and cloth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lint/#m1)

2) Lint is also soft cotton cloth once used to cover wounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lint/#m2)

3) Lint can also mean flax or hemp fibre that has been prepared for spinning into thread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lint/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, lint collects in a tumble dryer's lint filter, in pockets and on dark clothes. In safety, lint in a dryer filter can catch fire, so it must be cleaned out. Phrases: "lint roller", "lint filter", "pocket lint", "belly button lint".

### examples

- Please clean the lint out of the dryer filter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lint/#x1)
- My black jumper is covered in lint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lint/#x2)
- I found lint and a coin in my pocket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lint/#x3)
- Dad used a lint roller on his suit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lint/#x4)
- Lint can catch fire if the dryer gets too hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lint/#x5)
- There was grey lint under the bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lint/#x6)
- At last, one spring morning, the gudewife gave her seven heads of lint, saying she would take no excuse; they must be returned in three days spun into yarn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lint/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: "some lint", "a bit of lint", not "a lint". In computing, a "linter" is a program that checks code; that is a different use. Not to be mixed up with "lent" or "lentil".

### In the corpora

- [The tumble dryer's lint filter should be cleaned after each use, because fluff can start a fire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/108-laundry-freezer-and-electricity/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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