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# sparrow

«sparrow» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small, common, brown and grey bird that lives near…** — 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 sparrow, sparrows)

### meaning for a pupil

A sparrow is a small, common, brown and grey bird that lives near houses, gardens and towns and eats seeds and insects. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparrow/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons sparrows are among the first garden birds children learn; the house sparrow has become rarer in some places. In stories and poems the sparrow is a small, ordinary, cheerful bird. Phrases: «house sparrow», «a flock of sparrows».

### examples

- A sparrow hopped across the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparrow/#x1)
- Sparrows were eating crumbs under the picnic table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparrow/#x2)
- The house sparrow is a small brown bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparrow/#x3)
- We put out seeds for the sparrows in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparrow/#x4)
- A flock of sparrows chattered in the hedge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparrow/#x5)
- Sparrows build nests under roofs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparrow/#x6)
- "They are sparrows, and good creatures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparrow/#x7)

### note

Countable: sparrow, sparrows. Double «r». A «sparrowhawk» is a bird of prey that hunts sparrows and other small birds.

### In the corpora

- [In London sparrow numbers fell by about two-thirds in a few decades, and scientists still argue why.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/369-city-birds-sparrows-starlings-swifts-crows-and-peregrines-on-tall-buildings/5/)
- [Jesus said God sees every sparrow that falls.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon/16/)
- [Christians believe God cares for every creature, even a sparrow (Matthew 10:29).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/84-kind-truths-honesty-with-a-gentle-voice/15/)
- [I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1778/)
- [As the wandering sparrow, as the flying swallow, so the curse that is causeless shall come home.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.751/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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