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# robin

«robin» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small bird with a red or orange breast** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (robin, robins; also a name: Robin)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A robin is a small bird with a red or orange breast. The European robin is small and round; the American robin is bigger, a kind of thrush. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robin/#m1)

2) Robin is also a name for a boy or a girl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robin/#m2)

3) Robin Hood is a famous hero of old English stories; Robin is also Batman's helper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robin/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: birds counted, eggs in a nest, or a person named Robin. In science: American robins lay blue eggs and eat worms; European robins sing all winter and defend their patch. In everyday life: robins on Christmas cards in the UK; «the first robin of spring» in the USA and Canada. In stories: Robin Hood took from the rich to give to the poor.

### examples

- There are 5 robins on the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robin/#x1)
- A robin's nest has 4 eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robin/#x2)
- Robin has $20 to spend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robin/#x3)
- 2 robins flew away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robin/#x4)
- An American robin lays bright blue eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robin/#x5)
- The robin pulled a worm from the lawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robin/#x6)
- Robins often appear on Christmas cards in Britain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robin/#x7)
- Robin Hood lived in Sherwood Forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robin/#x8)
- Robin and her brother went to the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robin/#x9)

### note

Birds counted; a bird has 2 legs. As a name it carries no clue. Trap: none. With a capital letter it is a name (Robin); in lower case it is the bird. The American and European robins are different birds with the same name.

### In the corpora

- [Long before there were gardeners, robins followed wild boar rooting through the forest floor for exactly the same reason.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/216-garden-birds-robins-blackbirds-tits-and-feeders/1/)
- [Scientists find these senses by careful tests, for example by switching on a weak radio noise and watching robins lose their way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/232-hidden-senses-magnetic-birds-ultraviolet-bees-heat-seeing-snakes/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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