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# jungle

noun (a jungle, jungles)

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

## Everyday

1. A thick, warm, wet forest in a hot country, full of trees, plants and animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jungle/#m1)
2. A place that is wild, messy or hard to get through (the garden is a jungle). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jungle/#m2)
3. A place where people compete hard and roughly (it's a jungle out there). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jungle/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography and science: jungles and rainforests grow near the equator; tigers, monkeys and parrots live there. In stories and films: explorers cut through the jungle. Phrases: the jungle, jungle gym (playground climbing frame, US), concrete jungle (a big city).

### Examples

- Monkeys swing through the trees of the jungle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jungle/#x1)
- Tigers live in the jungles of India. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jungle/#x2)
- Our back garden is a jungle after the summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jungle/#x3)
- We played on the jungle gym at break (US). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jungle/#x4)
- The city is a concrete jungle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jungle/#x5)
- The explorers got lost in the jungle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jungle/#x6)
- It rains almost every day in the jungle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jungle/#x7)
- I had never seen the jungle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jungle/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun. "Jungle" and "rainforest" overlap; scientists usually say "rainforest", and "jungle" is the thick, tangled part. Myth: lions are called "king of the jungle" but they live in grasslands (savannah), not jungles.

## On Mova

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