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# crone

noun (crone, crones)

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

## Everyday

(old use, in fairy tales) An old woman, often ugly, spiteful or wise, who is seen as frightening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crone/#m1)

### In the lessons

an old woman in a tale who speaks sharply, tricks or curses the hero

### Examples

- «Be off, old crone!» he replied. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crone/#x1)
- «That doesn't look well,» says the old crone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crone/#x2)
- The old crone did not like this either. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crone/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

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