Meaning & use
frog
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Meanings
nouncountable
A small amphibian with smooth, moist skin and long back legs that it uses to jump, usually living near water.
Grammar: Countable: a frog; two frogs.
Patterns
- a frog in a pond
A frog leaped into the pond.
We heard frogs croaking all night.
Tadpoles turn into frogs.
nouncountablespecialist
An ornamental fastener of a loop and button on a coat.
Grammar: Usually plural: frogs on a jacket.
The military coat had gold frogs.
She sewed new frogs onto the jacket.
Word forms
| plural | frogs |
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Common combinations
- frog in your throat
- I have a frog in my throat today.
- croaking frog
- A croaking frog woke us.
- tree frog
- A tree frog sat on the leaf.
- frog spawn
- Frog spawn floated in the pond.
Synonyms and how they differ
- toad
- A related animal with drier, bumpy skin and shorter legs.
Word family
Commonly confused: frog or toad?
frog vs toad
Toads have dry, warty skin and walk more than they hop; frogs are smoother and jump.
Practice
Which animal starts life as a tadpole?
Choose one answer.
Frogs hatch as tadpoles and change into adults. The other animals do not.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “frog”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.