tigress

«tigress» in Mova's school dictionary: a female tiger — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a tigress, tigresses)

meaning for a pupil

1) A tigress is a female tiger. tree →

2) (figurative) A tigress can describe a woman who is fierce and brave, especially when protecting her children. tree →

sense in the lessons

Science and nature: a tigress raises her cubs alone for about two years and teaches them to hunt. Tigers are endangered; they live in parts of Asia. Stories: «she fought like a tigress» shows fierce courage.

examples

• The tigress carried her cub in her mouth. tree →
• A tigress hunts alone at night. tree →
• The zoo's tigress had three cubs. tree →
• Mum defended us like a tigress. tree →
• Wild tigresses live in India and Russia. tree →
• The tigress licked her cubs clean. tree →

note

Plural: tigresses. Male: tiger; young: cub. The -ess ending marks a female (lioness, tigress, princess).

Trees and pragmatics

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