restive

«restive» in Mova's school dictionary: Unable to keep still, and restless — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) Unable to keep still, and restless. tree →

2) Unwilling to be controlled, impatient, and difficult to manage. tree →

sense in the lessons

a horse that will not stand still and fights its rider

examples

• The restive horse stamped and would not stand still. tree →
• The children grew restive during the long wait. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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