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# weathercock

«weathercock» in Mova's school dictionary: **a metal cock or bird on a roof, which turns to show the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (weathercocks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A weathercock is a metal cock or bird on a roof, which turns to show the direction of the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weathercock/#m1)

2) A weathercock can also mean a person who often changes his mind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weathercock/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

the metal bird on a roof that turns in the wind, often used to warn of a storm

### examples

- The weathercock is squeaking now, said he. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weathercock/#x1)
- The weathercock flew to the opposite house and perched there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weathercock/#x2)
- The twirling of the weathercock on the roof bodes ill; we shall have a storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weathercock/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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