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# filch

verb (filch, filches, filched, filching)

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

## Everyday

To filch is to steal something small, usually in a sneaky way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filch/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fables a sly fox filches things such as a bit of cheese from the dairy or a chicken from a farmyard

### Examples

- The fox filched the brains when the lion was not looking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filch/#x1)
- A bit of cheese was filched from the dairy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filch/#x2)
- Do not filch sweets from the jar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filch/#x3)

### Note

filching takes some away, so the count goes down: 8 sweets, 3 filched, leaves 5

## On Mova

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