fiend

«fiend» in Mova's school dictionary: a devil or wicked spirit in old stories — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (fiend, fiends)

meaning for a pupil

1) A fiend is a devil or wicked spirit in old stories. tree →

2) (informal) A fiend is someone who is very keen on something: a chess fiend. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales fiends are wicked spirits who try to trick or harm the hero

examples

• The fiends would not let him go. tree →
• See me off, Marusia, says the Fiend. tree →
• Wait a bit! said one of the fiends. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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