bereft

«bereft» in Mova's school dictionary: Left without something important, such as a loved one or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (formal; used with 'of')

meaning for a pupil

Left without something important, such as a loved one or a friend. tree →

sense in the lessons

a mother, lover or king who has lost a child or partner

examples

• The king was bereft of his only daughter. tree →
• The dog, bereft of its owner, waited at the gate. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And her gates shall lament and mourn; and utterly bereft she shall sit upon the ground.

Trees and pragmatics

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