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# mole

«mole» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small, furry animal with tiny eyes and big front paws…** — 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 mole, moles); also unit «mole» (science, mol)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A mole is a small, furry animal with tiny eyes and big front paws that digs tunnels underground and eats worms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mole/#m1)

2) A mole is a small dark spot on someone's skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mole/#m2)

3) A mole is a spy who works secretly inside an organisation and passes on its secrets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mole/#m3)

4) (science) In chemistry, a mole is a unit for counting a huge number of tiny particles, used by older students. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mole/#m4)

5) A mole is also a stone wall built out into the sea to protect a harbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mole/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In nature lessons moles show life underground: they are almost blind, feel with their noses and leave molehills on lawns. In health lessons, a mole on the skin that changes shape, colour or size should be shown to a doctor; wear sun cream. In spy stories, «the mole» is the traitor inside. Phrases: «make a mountain out of a molehill» (make a small problem seem huge), «blind as a mole», «whack-a-mole».

### examples

- A mole dug a tunnel under our lawn and left little hills of soil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mole/#x1)
- Moles eat earthworms and can store them for later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mole/#x2)
- Grandad has a mole on his cheek. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mole/#x3)
- If a mole on your skin changes, show it to a doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mole/#x4)
- In the spy film, there was a mole inside the secret service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mole/#x5)
- Don't make a mountain out of a molehill — it's only a scratch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mole/#x6)
- A mole's big paws are like shovels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mole/#x7)
- The fishing boats sheltered behind the mole in the harbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mole/#x8)
- The little Mole peered at it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mole/#x9)

### note

Plural «moles». A mole's heap of earth is a «molehill». Trap: the animal and the skin spot are the same spelling but not connected. «Mole» (Mexican sauce, said MO-lay) is another word. Moles are not completely blind, but they see very little.

### In the corpora

- [The star-nosed mole swims in North American wetlands and smells underwater by blowing little bubbles onto things and sniffing them back in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish/8/)
- [He just laughs, and invites the Mole to spend the whole day on the river with him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/10/)
- [The Mole shouted «Onion-sauce!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/17/)
- [Drifting along, the Mole trails a paw in the water and dreams.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood/2/)
- [The Mole points to a dark wood on one side.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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