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# rabbit

«rabbit» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small furry animal with long ears, strong back legs and…** — 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 (rabbit, rabbits); verb (rabbit on — UK informal: talk a lot)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A rabbit is a small furry animal with long ears, strong back legs and a short fluffy tail that hops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabbit/#m1)

2) To rabbit on (UK) is to talk for a long time about unimportant things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabbit/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: things counted: rabbits on a farm or in a pet shop, their legs, ears or carrots they eat; legs problems; old puzzles about rabbits having babies. In science: rabbits are mammals; they live in burrows and eat plants; baby rabbits are kits. In everyday life: pet rabbits need space and hay. In stories: Peter Rabbit, the White Rabbit in «Alice in Wonderland», the tortoise and the hare.

### examples

- There are 8 rabbits in the cage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabbit/#x1)
- Each rabbit eats 2 carrots a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabbit/#x2)
- Farmer Joe has rabbits and chickens, 30 legs in all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabbit/#x3)
- 3 rabbits ran away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabbit/#x4)
- Rabbits live in holes called burrows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabbit/#x5)
- A pet rabbit needs lots of hay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabbit/#x6)
- The magician pulled a rabbit out of a hat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabbit/#x7)
- Peter Rabbit squeezed under the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabbit/#x8)
- Stop rabbiting on and do your homework! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabbit/#x9)
- "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rabbit/#x10)

### note

Animals counted; a rabbit has 4 legs and 2 ears, which some problems use without saying. Trap: in legs problems, rabbits have 4 legs but chickens have 2. Myth: rabbits should not mostly eat carrots; they need mainly hay and greens. A hare is a bigger, faster relative. Baby rabbits are called kits or kittens; «bunny» is a child's word.

### In the corpora

- [Wild rabbits mostly eat grass, clover and leafy plants; carrots are sugary and should be only a small treat for pet rabbits.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/5/)
- [Jackrabbits are hares; hares are bigger than rabbits, with longer ears and legs, and live above ground in nests in grass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/6/)
- [Baby hares are born furry with open eyes and can hop soon after birth, while baby rabbits are born bare and blind underground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/7/)
- [A rabbit thumps its back foot to warn other rabbits of danger, and the thud travels through the ground into the burrow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/8/)
- [A happy rabbit's jump-and-twist is called a binky, and it shows the rabbit feels safe and lively.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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