codfish

«codfish» in Mova's school dictionary: a large sea fish that people eat — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (plural codfish)

meaning for a pupil

1) A codfish is a large sea fish that people eat. tree →

2) (old use) «Codfish» is an insult for a foolish, dull person, as in «only a codfish». tree →

sense in the lessons

in some tales a proud captain is insulted by being called a codfish, which shames him.

examples

• We ate fried codfish for supper. tree →
• The captain was furious to be called a codfish. tree →
• Fishermen brought in a boat full of codfish. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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