muse

«muse» in Mova's school dictionary: to think quietly and slowly about something — 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

verb (muses, mused, musing); noun (plural muses)

meaning for a pupil

1) To muse is to think quietly and slowly about something. tree →

2) A muse is one of the nine goddesses of the arts in Greek myth, such as the muse of Tragedy. tree →

3) A muse can also be a person or thing that gives an artist ideas. tree →

sense in the lessons

in the lessons on Greek myths, a muse is a goddess who inspires music, poetry or drama; in stories, a character may muse, meaning think quietly

examples

• MELPOMENE is the muse of Tragedy. tree →
• Fionn mused for a long time before he answered. tree →
• The poet asked the muse for help. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Thy heart shall muse on the terror: 'Where is he that counted, where is he that weighed?
• My heart waxed hot within me; while I was musing, the fire kindled; then spoke I with my tongue:
• When I think thereon, O God, I must moan; when I muse thereon, my spirit fainteth.
• I will meditate also upon all Thy work, and muse on Thy doings.'
• I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Thy doing; I muse on the work of Thy hands.

Trees and pragmatics

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