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# pimple

«pimple» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small red spot on the skin, sometimes with yellow pus…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a pimple, pimples)

### meaning for a pupil

A small red spot on the skin, sometimes with yellow pus in the middle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pimple/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons about growing up, teenagers often get pimples because their skin makes more oil. Washing gently and not squeezing them helps. «Goose pimples» are the little bumps on your skin when you are cold or scared.

### examples

- A pimple appeared on his nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pimple/#x1)
- Teenagers often get pimples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pimple/#x2)
- Don't squeeze your pimples or they get worse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pimple/#x3)
- She had goose pimples in the cold wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pimple/#x4)
- Washing your face helps keep pimples away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pimple/#x5)
- He worried about a pimple before the school photo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pimple/#x6)

### note

Plural: pimples. Similar: spot (UK), zit (slang). Goose pimples = goosebumps.

### Trees and pragmatics

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