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# bayonet

noun (bayonets); verb (bayonets, bayoneted, bayoneting)

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

## Everyday

1. A bayonet is a sharp steel blade that fits on the end of a rifle for close fighting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bayonet/#m1)
2. To bayonet someone is to stab them with a bayonet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bayonet/#m2)

### In the lessons

in old wars, a soldier's blade; in tales, a hedge of sharp points that keeps people out

### Examples

- The soldier fixed his bayonet to the rifle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bayonet/#x1)
- The guards stood at the gate with bayonets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bayonet/#x2)
- The hedge was made of bayonets, sharp as knives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bayonet/#x3)
- He was bayoneted in the battle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bayonet/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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