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# moccasin

noun (moccasins)

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

## Everyday

A moccasin is a soft leather shoe with no hard heel, first worn by Native American peoples. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moccasin/#m1)

### In the lessons

a plain, practical shoe worn by a character on a journey, often described in detail

### Examples

- He pulled on his soft moccasins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moccasin/#x1)
- The boy walked quietly in his moccasins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moccasin/#x2)
- Moccasins are made from deerskin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moccasin/#x3)
- A pair of moccasins has two shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moccasin/#x4)

### Note

A pair of moccasins counts as 2 shoes, not 1.

## On Mova

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