invader

«invader» in Mova's school dictionary: a person, army or country that enters another place by… — 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 (an invader, invaders)

meaning for a pupil

1) An invader is a person, army or country that enters another place by force to take it over. tree →

2) (science) An invader is a plant, animal or germ that spreads into a place where it does not belong and causes harm. tree →

3) An invader is anyone who comes in where they are not wanted. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons Britain had many invaders: Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans. In science, invasive species like cane toads in Australia or grey squirrels in the UK are called invaders, and the immune system fights invaders such as germs. In games like Space Invaders aliens attack. Phrases: «foreign invaders», «Viking invaders», «fight off the invaders».

examples

• The Vikings were invaders who sailed from Scandinavia. tree →
• The castle walls kept out the invaders. tree →
• Cane toads are invaders that harm Australian wildlife. tree →
• White blood cells attack invaders such as bacteria. tree →
• In the game you shoot down alien invaders. tree →
• The cat chased the invader out of its garden. tree →
• In 1066 the Norman invaders won the Battle of Hastings. tree →
• After this defeat the invaders, foreseeing a long and wearisome campaign, drew up their ships on land, erected tents, huts, &c., and formed an intrenched camp on the coast. tree →

note

Countable. From the verb «invade»; related «invasion», «invasive». An invader comes from outside; a defender protects. In history, describe invasions fairly: from each side's point of view.

In the corpora

• An old idea that invaders destroyed the Indus cities suddenly is now not believed; the decline was slow.

Trees and pragmatics

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