filch

«filch» in Mova's school dictionary: to steal something small, usually in a sneaky way — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (filch, filches, filched, filching)

meaning for a pupil

To filch is to steal something small, usually in a sneaky way. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fables a sly fox filches things such as a bit of cheese from the dairy or a chicken from a farmyard

examples

• The fox filched the brains when the lion was not looking. tree →
• A bit of cheese was filched from the dairy. tree →
• Do not filch sweets from the jar. tree →

note

filching takes some away, so the count goes down: 8 sweets, 3 filched, leaves 5

Trees and pragmatics

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