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# bugle

noun (a bugle, bugles); verb (bugle — rare)

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

## Everyday

1. A bugle is a brass instrument like a small, simple trumpet with no valves, used to play short tunes and signals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bugle/#m1)
2. In the past, armies used bugles to give signals such as wake up, march or attack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bugle/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history lessons bugles were used by soldiers and on remembrance days (the «Last Post» is played on a bugle). In music lessons the bugle is a brass instrument that plays only a few notes, made by changing your lips. Scouts and marching bands may play bugles.

### Examples

- The bugle woke the soldiers in the morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bugle/#x1)
- A lone bugle played at the war memorial. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bugle/#x2)
- He blew a loud note on the bugle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bugle/#x3)
- A bugle has no valves, unlike a trumpet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bugle/#x4)
- The bugler marched at the front of the band. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bugle/#x5)
- At camp, a bugle call told us it was time for breakfast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bugle/#x6)
- The Childe of Lambton swam ashore, and raising his bugle to his lips, sounded its note thrice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bugle/#x7)

### Note

Countable. The player is a bugler. Pronounced «BYOO-gul». A bugle has no valves, so it plays fewer notes than a trumpet.

## On Mova

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