dragon

«dragon» in Mova's school dictionary: a made-up creature in stories, usually a huge lizard-like… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a dragon, dragons)

meaning for a pupil

1) A dragon is a made-up creature in stories, usually a huge lizard-like monster with wings and claws that can breathe fire. tree →

2) Dragon is also the name of some real lizards, like the Komodo dragon or bearded dragon. tree →

3) A dragon can be a fierce, strict person, as a joke. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and myths, dragons guard treasure, fight knights and heroes, and stand for danger or great power; in Chinese tradition the dragon is lucky and kind and brings rain, and dragon dances happen at Chinese New Year. The red dragon is on the flag of Wales. In science, the Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard; bearded dragons are popular pets. Phrases: «a fire-breathing dragon», «dragon's den», «dragonfly», «Chinese dragon».

examples

• The knight fought the dragon to save the village. tree →
• The dragon breathed fire over the castle. tree →
• The Welsh flag has a red dragon on it. tree →
• We watched a dragon dance at Chinese New Year. tree →
• Komodo dragons are the biggest lizards in the world. tree →
• My friend has a bearded dragon as a pet. tree →
• Dragons are not real, but Komodo dragons are. tree →
• A dragonfly is an insect, not a dragon. tree →
• And still the dragon flew on. tree →

note

Countable: «a dragon, dragons». Story dragons are not real; real «dragons» are lizards. A «dragonfly» is a fast insect with four wings, not a small dragon.

In the corpora

• Freya wants the dragon film; her brother wants the football one; they shout.
• In Shrek, a dragon as big as a castle breathes great flames, flies and guards a castle full of treasure.
• Komodo dragons have venom glands in their jaws; the venom stops blood clotting and weakens prey.
• A Komodo dragon can eat up to about 80 percent of its own weight in one meal and then wait weeks.
• Female Komodo dragons in British zoos laid eggs that hatched with no father, a rare virgin birth called parthenogenesis.

Trees and pragmatics

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