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# molest

verb (molests, molested, molesting)

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

## Everyday

To molest is to bother, annoy or attack someone, usually to harm them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molest/#m1)

### In the lessons

a wild animal that does not harm the sheep in a fable, showing that it chose to leave them alone

### Examples

- The dog did not molest the hens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molest/#x1)
- Thieves came at night to molest the farm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molest/#x2)
- The wolf would not molest the flock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molest/#x3)
- Do not molest the birds in their nest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molest/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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