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# dryad

noun (dryad, dryads)

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

## Everyday

A dryad is a spirit that lives inside a tree and is said to die when its tree is cut down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryad/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales and myths, a dryad is a tree-spirit who can think, sigh and pray

### Examples

- The dryad lived in the old oak tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryad/#x1)
- When the axe struck, the dryad sighed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryad/#x2)
- The dryad prayed that the tree would be saved. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryad/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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