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# afeard

adjective (no forms; old use, in fairy tales)

«afeard» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Afraid; frightened. Afeard is an old word for afraid, used in folk tales. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afeard/#m1)

### In the lessons

in folk tales, a character who is scared of something, often pretending to be afraid

### Examples

- She pretended to be afeard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afeard/#x1)
- Be not afeard, little one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afeard/#x2)
- The boy was afeard of the dark wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afeard/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «afeard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/afeard/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«afeard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/afeard.html) on Mova free.