ogress

«ogress» in Mova's school dictionary: a female ogre, a huge, frightening giantess in stories… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (ogress, ogresses)

meaning for a pupil

1) An ogress is a female ogre, a huge, frightening giantess in stories who eats people. tree →

2) An ogress is a fierce or cruel woman, as a joke. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales the ogress is the monstrous woman who threatens the hero, and must be outwitted

examples

• «Yes, I will,» replied the ogress. tree →
• The ogress guarded the castle gate. tree →
• The ogress hid the ring in her stomach. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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