stout

«stout» in Mova's school dictionary: Rather fat or heavy in body (a polite word) — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (stout, stouter, stoutest); noun (stout — a dark beer)

meaning for a pupil

1) Rather fat or heavy in body (a polite word). tree →

2) Strong and thick: stout boots, a stout stick. tree →

3) Brave and firm: a stout defender. tree →

4) (noun) A strong, very dark beer. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories an older character may be described as short and stout. For safety outdoors, stout boots protect your feet. In poems and songs: «I'm a little teapot, short and stout». Phrases: short and stout, stout boots, stout heart.

examples

• I'm a little teapot, short and stout. tree →
• Wear stout shoes for the hike. tree →
• He leaned on a stout wooden stick. tree →
• The stout old man puffed up the hill. tree →
• They put up a stout defence and won the match. tree →
• In Ireland, stout is a popular drink for adults. tree →
• A great stout man was Palle Dyre. tree →

note

Stout is a more polite way of saying fat. The beer sense is for adults. Comparative stouter, superlative stoutest.

In the corpora

• A horse comes along the tow-path pulling a barge, steered by a big stout woman in a sun-bonnet.
• "Stout" is an old-fashioned word for fat.
• Hearken unto Me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:

Trees and pragmatics

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