covetous

«covetous» in Mova's school dictionary: wanting very much to have what belongs to someone else… — 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 (more covetous, most covetous)

meaning for a pupil

Covetous means wanting very much to have what belongs to someone else, or wanting more and more of something such as gold. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a greedy king or a jealous character who wants treasure that is not theirs.

examples

• The king was covetous and wanted all the gold in the land. tree →
• A covetous neighbour always wanted more than his share. tree →
• Her covetous eyes followed the jewels. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.

Trees and pragmatics

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