zombie

«zombie» in Mova's school dictionary: a made-up dead person who has come back to life and walks… — 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 (a zombie, zombies); adjective (zombie — informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) In stories, films and games, a zombie is a made-up dead person who has come back to life and walks around slowly without thinking. tree →

2) (informal) A zombie is a person who is very tired or not paying attention and moves without thinking: I'm a zombie in the mornings. tree →

3) (informal) Zombie can describe something that keeps going although it is useless or should have ended: a zombie company. tree →

sense in the lessons

In children's stories, games and Halloween costumes, zombies are a spooky monster; they are not real. In everyday talk, «like a zombie» means half-asleep. In safety and media lessons, zombies are fiction, not fact. Phrases: like a zombie, zombie film, zombie mode.

examples

• My brother dressed up as a zombie for Halloween. tree →
• Zombies are not real; they are made up for stories. tree →
• I'm a total zombie until I've had breakfast. tree →
• The zombies in the game move very slowly. tree →
• After the sleepover we walked around like zombies. tree →
• The film was about a town full of zombies. tree →

note

Plural: zombies (not zombys). Zombies are fictional — a myth, not real creatures. Sometimes spelled «zombi». Related spooky words: ghost, mummy, vampire.

In the corpora

• They finally drop off at three and spend Sunday as grumpy zombies.

Trees and pragmatics

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