vigour

«vigour» in Mova's school dictionary: great strength, energy and enthusiasm in the body or the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (vigour — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Vigour is great strength, energy and enthusiasm in the body or the mind. tree →

2) Vigour can describe healthy, strong growth of plants. tree →

sense in the lessons

In PE and health, exercise gives you vigour. In stories, a character works «with vigour», meaning hard and with energy, as Badger does when he starts to fight. In gardening, a plant grows with vigour when it is healthy.

examples

• He scrubbed the floor with great vigour. tree →
• The old man still had the vigour of a young one. tree →
• The team played with new vigour after half-time. tree →
• The roses grew with vigour after the rain. tree →
• She argued with vigour for her idea. tree →
• The Rat rowed with vigour. tree →
• Heracles now regained his former vigour. tree →

note

Uncountable. Spelling: vigour (UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, Ireland), vigor (US). Adjective: vigorous (no u in either spelling). Adverb: vigorously.

In the corpora

• Lest thou give thy vigour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;

Trees and pragmatics

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