crag

«crag» in Mova's school dictionary: A steep, rough, rocky cliff or high rock sticking out… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a crag, crags); adjective craggy

meaning for a pupil

A steep, rough, rocky cliff or high rock sticking out from a hill or mountain. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, glaciers left "crag and tail" landforms, like Edinburgh Castle Rock. In stories, eagles nest on crags and heroes climb them. Phrases: "a rocky crag", "a craggy face" (lined and rugged).

examples

• An eagle perched on the crag. tree →
• Edinburgh Castle stands on a volcanic crag. tree →
• Climbers scaled the steep crag. tree →
• Mist hid the crags above the valley. tree →
• The old sailor had a craggy face. tree →
• Don't climb crags without proper gear and an instructor. tree →
• Next year the Eagle built her nest far up on a mountain crag; but the Beetle found it and again destroyed the eggs. tree →

note

Countable: a crag, crags. Adjective "craggy" describes rough rocks or a rugged face.

In the corpora

• The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmas, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
• The rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the crags;
• She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the stronghold.

Trees and pragmatics

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