afeard

«afeard» in Mova's school dictionary: Afraid; frightened — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (no forms; old use, in fairy tales)

meaning for a pupil

Afraid; frightened. Afeard is an old word for afraid, used in folk tales. tree →

sense in the lessons

in folk tales, a character who is scared of something, often pretending to be afraid

examples

• She pretended to be afeard. tree →
• Be not afeard, little one. tree →
• The boy was afeard of the dark wood. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «afeard» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.