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# pliers

«pliers» in Mova's school dictionary: **A hand tool with two handles and two jaws, used for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural: pliers; a pair of pliers)

### meaning for a pupil

A hand tool with two handles and two jaws, used for gripping, bending, twisting or cutting wire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliers/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in DT and everyday home repairs: pliers grip small things, bend wire and cut it. In science, pliers are a lever, showing how a small force on the handles makes a bigger force at the jaws.

### examples

- Pass me the pliers so I can bend this wire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliers/#x1)
- Dad used a pair of pliers to pull out the nail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliers/#x2)
- Pliers are a kind of lever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliers/#x3)
- The electrician cut the cable with pliers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliers/#x4)
- Long-nose pliers can reach into small spaces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliers/#x5)
- We used pliers to make jewellery from wire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pliers/#x6)

### note

Plural noun: «the pliers are», «a pair of pliers», like scissors and trousers. Do not say «a plier». Different from pincers (for pulling nails), though similar. Safety: never use pliers on electric wires that are plugged in.

### Trees and pragmatics

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