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# duck

noun (duck, ducks); verb (duck, ducks, ducked, ducking)

«duck» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A duck is a bird with a flat beak and webbed feet that swims and says «quack». A duck has 2 legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duck/#m1)
2. To duck means to bend down quickly so you are not hit or seen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duck/#m2)
3. In cricket, a duck is a score of zero. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duck/#m3)

### In the lessons

maths: birds counted on a pond or farm, with legs (2 each) and eggs; more come (add), some fly away (subtract); science: birds, webbed feet, waterproof feathers; a baby duck is a duckling; everyday life: feeding ducks at the park (oats or seeds are better than bread); stories: «The Ugly Duckling»

### Examples

- There are 9 ducks on the pond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duck/#x1)
- 4 more ducks came. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duck/#x2)
- Each duck has 2 legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duck/#x3)
- How many ducks are left if 3 fly away? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duck/#x4)
- The duck says quack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duck/#x5)
- Duck! The ball is coming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duck/#x6)
- The mother duck led her ducklings to the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duck/#x7)
- The batsman was out for a duck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duck/#x8)
- Out popped the duck and flew away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duck/#x9)

### Note

Thing counted. Trap: legs: 2 per duck, but 4 per cow or dog. A male duck is a drake.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «duck» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duck/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«duck» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/duck.html) on Mova free.