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# fiend

noun (fiend, fiends)

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

## Everyday

1. A fiend is a devil or wicked spirit in old stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiend/#m1)
2. (informal) A fiend is someone who is very keen on something: a chess fiend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiend/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales fiends are wicked spirits who try to trick or harm the hero

### Examples

- The fiends would not let him go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiend/#x1)
- See me off, Marusia, says the Fiend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiend/#x2)
- Wait a bit! said one of the fiends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiend/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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