sock
noun (sock, socks)
Everyday
- A sock is a soft piece of clothing worn on the foot inside a shoe. tree →
- Socks come in pairs: a pair is 2 socks. tree →
- To sock someone (informal) is to hit them. tree →
In the lessons
Maths: things counted, usually in pairs: «5 pairs» is 10 socks. Everyday: odd socks (not matching), sock puppets, Christmas stocking. Washing: socks get lost in the wash.
Examples
- He has 5 pairs of socks. tree →
- A pack has 6 pairs of socks. tree →
- How many socks are in 4 pairs? tree →
- Each pair of socks costs $3. tree →
- I can only find one sock! tree →
- We made sock puppets with buttons for eyes. tree →
- Wear warm woolly socks in winter. tree →
- He is wearing odd socks today. tree →
- And his shoes were right, and his waistcoat was right, and his tie was right, and his socks were right. tree →
Note
Countable: a sock, socks. A pair is 2 socks. Trap: «5 pairs» is 10 socks. Trap: in maths puzzles, picking socks from a drawer, you need 3 socks to be sure of a matching pair when there are two colours.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «sock» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «sock» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sock/