lioness

«lioness» in Mova's school dictionary: A female lion — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a lioness, lionesses)

meaning for a pupil

1) A female lion. tree →

2) (figurative) A brave, strong woman who protects her family or team. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons lionesses are the main hunters of a lion group, called a pride; they work together to catch prey and look after the cubs. In stories a «lioness» shows a fierce, protective mother. In England the women's football team is called the Lionesses. Phrases: a pride of lions, a lioness and her cubs.

examples

• The lioness crept through the tall grass. tree →
• Lionesses do most of the hunting for the pride. tree →
• The lioness licked her cubs clean. tree →
• A lioness has no mane, unlike a male lion. tree →
• Mum fought for us like a lioness. tree →
• The Lionesses won the football match. tree →
• Three lionesses chased a zebra. tree →
• At the zoo, the lioness was sleeping in the sun. tree →
• Presently there met him a lioness with her cub. tree →

note

Plural: lionesses (add -es). The male is a lion; babies are cubs; a group is a pride. Trap: people think the male hunts most, but in a pride it is mainly the lionesses. Other -ess animal words: tigress.

In the corpora

• Lionesses do most of the hunting, often as a team, but males hunt too, especially big animals like buffalo.
• Lionesses hunt together, some driving prey towards others hiding in ambush, so they can catch animals as strong as buffalo.
• He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
• He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
• The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

Trees and pragmatics

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