glutton

«glutton» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who eats far too much and greedily — 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 (gluttons)

meaning for a pupil

A glutton is a person who eats far too much and greedily. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a glutton is a greedy character who eats enormous amounts, often as a joke or a warning

examples

• The glutton had devoured the whole feast at one sitting. tree →
• He is such a glutton; he ate three helpings. tree →
• The glutton said he was too hungry to stop. tree →
• Don't be a glutton and take the last cake. tree →

note

a glutton eats more than a fair share, but the word itself sets no count; in a sharing problem it signals an unfair share, not a number

In the corpora

• For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

Trees and pragmatics

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