monster

«monster» in Mova's school dictionary: a big, scary, made-up creature in stories, films and games — 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 monster, monsters); adjective-like (monster: a monster truck = very big)

meaning for a pupil

1) A monster is a big, scary, made-up creature in stories, films and games. tree →

2) A monster can be a very cruel or wicked person. tree →

3) A monster can mean something enormous, like a monster wave. tree →

4) Children sometimes call a naughty child a «little monster» as a joke. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories monsters create danger and fear, and heroes face them; many children's books (like «Where the Wild Things Are») use monsters to talk about feelings and fears. Real life: monsters under the bed are not real; if you are scared at night, tell an adult and use a night light. Phrases: «sea monster», «monster truck», «the Loch Ness Monster», «a little monster».

examples

• The monster in the story had three eyes and green fur. tree →
• There are no monsters under your bed. tree →
• A monster wave crashed over the harbour wall. tree →
• We dressed up as monsters for Halloween. tree →
• My baby brother is a little monster at bath time. tree →
• Some people say there is a monster in Loch Ness, but nobody has ever proved it. tree →
• The giant pumpkin was a monster! tree →
• The cruel king was a monster to his people. tree →
• The monster soon came in, saying: tree →

note

Countable: «a monster, monsters». Adjective: «monstrous» (very big or very evil). Myth: famous monsters like Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster have never been proven real. Calling a real person a monster is very strong.

In the corpora

• Behind-the-scenes videos show how effects are made, and that can help children feel less scared of film monsters.
• Sharks are not all the same monster from a film.
• Games and films invent monsters because they are fun and scary, not because they are true.
• In an old story "nián" was a monster scared away by red and by loud bangs.
• Changing every y would give monsters like «dayies».

Trees and pragmatics

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