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# wart

noun (a wart, warts)

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

## Everyday

1. A wart is a small, hard, rough lump that grows on the skin, often on hands or feet, caused by a virus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wart/#m1)
2. A wart can be any small lump on a plant or animal's skin, like on a toad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wart/#m2)

### In the lessons

In health lessons warts are common and usually harmless; they can spread by touch, so do not pick them, and keep feet covered in changing rooms (a wart on the foot is called a verruca or plantar wart). In stories witches are often drawn with warts. Phrases: «warts and all» (including all the bad parts), «a verruca».

### Examples

- I have a wart on my finger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wart/#x1)
- Don't pick at a wart; it can spread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wart/#x2)
- The doctor froze the wart to remove it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wart/#x3)
- Wear flip-flops in the changing room to avoid a verruca, a wart on the foot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wart/#x4)
- The witch in the picture had a wart on her nose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wart/#x5)
- Toads have bumpy skin, but you can't catch warts from them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wart/#x6)
- He told the story of his trip, warts and all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wart/#x7)
- Warthogs have lumps on their faces that look like warts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wart/#x8)

### Note

Countable: «a wart». Myth: you do not get warts from touching toads or frogs; they come from a human virus. «Warts and all» means showing the bad things as well as the good.

## On Mova

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