guise

«guise» in Mova's school dictionary: the outward form or appearance someone takes, often to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (guise, guises)

meaning for a pupil

A guise is the outward form or appearance someone takes, often to hide who they really are. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, a witch, a god or a king comes in disguise, pretending to be someone else

examples

• The witch came in the guise of a kind old woman. tree →
• Our Lord walks the earth under the guise of a beggar. tree →
• The fox came back in a new guise, as a travelling trader. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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