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# ghoul

noun (ghoul, ghouls)

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

## Everyday

A ghoul is an evil spirit or monster, in old tales, that haunts graveyards and feeds on dead bodies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghoul/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, ghouls appear among the tombs at night to frighten people

### Examples

- The travellers heard ghouls moaning in the graveyard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghoul/#x1)
- Ghouls were said to dig up the dead. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghoul/#x2)
- The children ran from the grey, hungry ghoul. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/ghoul/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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