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# hobby

noun (a hobby, hobbies)

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

## Everyday

1. Something you enjoy doing in your free time, not as a job, such as drawing, football, collecting or gardening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#m1)
2. A hobby-horse is a toy horse, made of a stick with a horse's head, that children pretend to ride. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#m2)

### In the lessons

In English lessons children write and talk about their hobbies («My hobby is…»); in wellbeing lessons hobbies are a healthy way to relax and make friends. Phrases: «take up a hobby», «as a hobby», «hobbies and interests».

### Examples

- My hobby is collecting stamps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#x1)
- Dad's hobby is fishing at the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#x2)
- What are your hobbies? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#x3)
- She took up painting as a new hobby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#x4)
- Building models is a fun hobby for rainy days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#x5)
- Grandpa plays the violin as a hobby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#x6)
- A hobby can help you relax after school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#x7)
- The sweet children rode on their hobby-horses through all the rooms when they came to see the grandparents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/#x8)

### Note

Plural «hobbies» (y → ies). A hobby is done for fun, not for money; if you are paid, it becomes a job. «Hobby» is countable: «a hobby», «two hobbies».

## On Mova

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