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# osier

noun (an osier, osiers)

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

## Everyday

1. A kind of willow tree or bush that grows by rivers and wet ground, with long thin bendy shoots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/osier/#m1)
2. One of those long thin bendy willow shoots, used to weave baskets and fences. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/osier/#m2)

### In the lessons

A river-bank word: in The Wind in the Willows the river is lined with osiers, rushes and willows where the Rat and the Mole row and where water animals hide. In crafts, osiers are cut and woven into baskets, hurdles and fish traps. It tells the reader the setting is a quiet English river. Phrases: «osier beds» (places where osiers are grown), «an osier basket».

### Examples

- The little boat slid in among the osiers by the bank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/osier/#x1)
- Basket makers cut osiers in winter when the leaves have fallen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/osier/#x2)
- A moorhen built her nest under the osiers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/osier/#x3)
- The osier beds along the river were thick and green. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/osier/#x4)
- We wove a little fence from thin osiers in our school garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/osier/#x5)
- The wind rustled through the osiers as the Mole watched the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/osier/#x6)
- The poet placed his osier basket on the grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/osier/#x7)

### Note

Countable: an osier, osiers. Starts with a vowel sound, so «an osier». Said «OH-zee-er» (UK) or «OH-zher» (US). It is a kind of willow, not a separate kind of tree from willows.

## On Mova

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