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# toy

noun, verb (toy, toys, toyed, toying)

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

## Everyday

1. A toy is a thing children play with, like a doll, a ball, a teddy or a toy car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toy/#m1)
2. Toy can describe a small model of a real thing: a toy train. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toy/#m2)
3. To toy with something is to play with it without much care or to think about an idea not very seriously. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toy/#m3)

### In the lessons

Maths: a thing counted, bought, sold, given and shared; the action word (gave, bought, sold, shared) tells the operation. Everyday: toy box, toy shop, soft toy, tidy up your toys. Safety: small toy parts are dangerous for babies.

### Examples

- Sam has 18 toys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toy/#x1)
- Each toy costs 4 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toy/#x2)
- He gave 5 toys to his sister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toy/#x3)
- The shop sold 30 toys on Saturday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toy/#x4)
- Please put your toys back in the toy box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toy/#x5)
- We gave our old toys to the charity shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toy/#x6)
- Keep small toys away from the baby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toy/#x7)
- She toyed with her food because she wasn't hungry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toy/#x8)
- Then the toys began to play at visiting, dancing, and fighting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toy/#x9)

### Note

Countable: a toy, toys (not «toies»). The thing counted; the action word (gave, bought, sold, shared) tells the operation. Trap: none.

## On Mova

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