dirge

«dirge» in Mova's school dictionary: a slow, sad song sung for someone who has died — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (dirge, dirges)

meaning for a pupil

A dirge is a slow, sad song sung for someone who has died. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales a dirge is sung over a dead hero or animal; in lessons it names a mournful song of grief

examples

• The people sang a dirge for the dead king. tree →
• The Muses chanted a funeral dirge. tree →
• She sang a low dirge over the fallen rover. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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