ambusher

«ambusher» in Mova's school dictionary: a person or animal that hides and waits to attack someone… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an ambusher, ambushers)

meaning for a pupil

An ambusher is a person or animal that hides and waits to attack someone by surprise. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories, history and nature lessons about predators (crocodiles and some spiders are ambushers that wait for prey).

examples

• The ambushers hid behind the rocks. tree →
• A crocodile is an ambusher that waits in the water. tree →
• The knights were attacked by ambushers in the forest. tree →
• Trapdoor spiders are clever ambushers. tree →
• The ambusher leapt out from behind the tree. tree →
• In the game, watch out for ambushers in the long grass. tree →

note

From «ambush». Countable. In science, an «ambush predator» waits for prey instead of chasing it.

Trees and pragmatics

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