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# python

noun (a python, pythons; Python — a programming language)

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

## Everyday

1. A python is a large snake that is not venomous and kills its prey by wrapping round it and squeezing; pythons live in Africa, Asia and Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/python/#m1)
2. Python (with a capital P) is a popular programming language, easy to read, used in schools and by scientists and companies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/python/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons pythons come up in reptiles and predators: they squeeze prey and swallow it whole, then may not eat again for weeks. In Australian lessons, carpet pythons sometimes live in roofs. In computing lessons pupils move from Scratch to Python to write real text code. The language was named after a British comedy show, not after the snake.

### Examples

- The python wrapped itself around its prey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/python/#x1)
- Pythons are not venomous; they squeeze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/python/#x2)
- A python can swallow an animal bigger than its head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/python/#x3)
- We found a carpet python in the shed! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/python/#x4)
- In computing, we wrote our first program in Python. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/python/#x5)
- Python code uses indentation to show blocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/python/#x6)
- The reticulated python is one of the longest snakes in the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/python/#x7)
- Mowgli turned and saw the great Python’s head swaying a foot above his own. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/python/#x8)

### Note

Plural «pythons». Capital P for the language. Trap: pythons live in Africa, Asia and Australia; the similar big snakes of the Americas are boas and anacondas. Pythons squeeze to stop breathing and blood flow, not to crush bones.

## On Mova

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