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# thyme

«thyme» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small herb with tiny grey-green leaves and a strong…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (thyme, no plural in use)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Thyme is a small herb with tiny grey-green leaves and a strong, sweet smell, used in cooking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thyme/#m1)

2) Wild thyme is thyme that grows wild in fields and on hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thyme/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a meadow or path is full of wild thyme, which gives a sweet smell

### examples

- She was so scented with wild thyme that it made the sentry sneeze. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thyme/#x1)
- Beneath the trees bloomed thyme and parsley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thyme/#x2)
- The hare was munching wild thyme. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thyme/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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