decrepit

«decrepit» in Mova's school dictionary: old, weak and worn out, often from age or hard use — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (decrepit, more decrepit, most decrepit)

meaning for a pupil

1) Decrepit means old, weak and worn out, often from age or hard use. tree →

2) Decrepit can describe a building that is falling apart from neglect. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a decrepit old man or a decrepit house is shabby and falling to bits; in lessons, something too weak or broken to work well

examples

• The decrepit old fisherman could hardly walk to the shore. tree →
• The decrepit cottage had holes in its roof. tree →
• The toy car was so decrepit that its wheels fell off. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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