fugitive

«fugitive» in Mova's school dictionary: running away or hiding, especially from the police or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a fugitive, fugitives); adjective (fugitive)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who is running away or hiding, especially from the police or from danger. tree →

2) (adjective) Running away or escaping: «a fugitive slave». tree →

3) (literary, adjective) Lasting only a short time, fleeting: «a fugitive smile». tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, history and the news. In The Wind in the Willows Toad becomes a fugitive after escaping from prison, disguised as a washerwoman. In history lessons on slavery, fugitives escaped to freedom along the Underground Railroad. In the Bible, Cain is told he will be a fugitive and a wanderer.

examples

• The fugitive hid in the woods from the police. tree →
• Toad was now a fugitive, running from the law. tree →
• Fugitives from the war crossed the border. tree →
• Harriet Tubman helped fugitive slaves reach freedom. tree →
• The police caught the fugitive at the station. tree →
• A fugitive smile crossed her face. tree →
• In vain do the fugitives attempt to escape. tree →

note

Not the same as a refugee: a refugee flees danger to find safety and is not a criminal; «fugitive» often means running from the law. Comes from Latin «fugere», to flee.

In the corpora

• The inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitive with his bread.

Trees and pragmatics

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