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# fife

noun (a fife, fifes); noun, proper (Fife)

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

## Everyday

1. A fife is a small, high-sounding flute without keys, played mainly in military marching bands, often with drums. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fife/#m1)
2. (a name) Fife is a region in eastern Scotland, between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Tay; St Andrews is in Fife. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fife/#m2)

### In the lessons

In music and history lessons, fife and drum bands marched with armies, such as in the American Revolution. In geography of Scotland, Fife is a council area and historic «Kingdom of Fife». Phrases: «fife and drum», «the Kingdom of Fife».

### Examples

- The boy played a fife in the marching band. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fife/#x1)
- A fife sounds higher than a flute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fife/#x2)
- Fife and drum music led the soldiers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fife/#x3)
- St Andrews is a famous town in Fife. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fife/#x4)
- We went camping on the coast of Fife. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fife/#x5)
- Our music teacher showed us a wooden fife. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fife/#x6)
- Ivan began playing on his fife, and forthwith they all fell a-dancing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fife/#x7)

### Note

Rhymes with «life». As a place name it takes a capital F.

## On Mova

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