defenceless

«defenceless» in Mova's school dictionary: having no protection, and unable to fight back or guard… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (defenceless, more defenceless, most defenceless)

meaning for a pupil

Defenceless means having no protection, and unable to fight back or guard yourself. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a defenceless animal or child is in danger from a bigger creature; in lessons, a helpless target

examples

• A baby bird is defenceless without its mother. tree →
• The defenceless rabbit hid under a leaf. tree →
• It is cowardly to attack the defenceless. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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