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# nosegay

noun (nosegays)

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

## Everyday

A small bunch of flowers, held or worn in the hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nosegay/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a girl brings a nosegay of flowers to a grave or a church.

### Examples

- She carried a nosegay of violets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nosegay/#x1)
- The bride held a nosegay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nosegay/#x2)
- He picked a nosegay for his mother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nosegay/#x3)

### Note

a nosegay is one bunch; the flowers in it can be counted, but the bunch itself counts as one.

## On Mova

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