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# thrush

noun (a thrush, thrushes; thrush — the illness, uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. A songbird with a brown back and a spotted chest, such as the song thrush; the American robin is also a thrush. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrush/#m1)
2. (medicine) An infection caused by a yeast (a fungus), which makes white patches in the mouth or itching. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrush/#m2)

### In the lessons

In nature lessons the song thrush is known for repeating its song phrases and smashing snail shells on stones. In health topics, thrush is a common, treatable infection, often in babies' mouths. Phrases: song thrush, mistle thrush.

### Examples

- A song thrush was singing in the garden at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrush/#x1)
- The thrush cracked a snail shell on a stone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrush/#x2)
- Thrushes have speckled chests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrush/#x3)
- The American robin is actually a kind of thrush. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrush/#x4)
- The baby had thrush, so the doctor gave some medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrush/#x5)
- We saw a mistle thrush eating berries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrush/#x6)
- Blackbird, thrush, and chaffinch gay, hither, thither, haste away! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrush/#x7)

### Note

The bird is countable (thrushes); the illness is uncountable. Two very different meanings with one spelling.

## On Mova

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