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# oaf

noun (oafs)

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

## Everyday

A clumsy or stupid person who is awkward and slow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oaf/#m1)

### In the lessons

an insult in tales for a clumsy man

### Examples

- Don't stand there like an oaf! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oaf/#x1)
- The oaf dropped the plate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oaf/#x2)
- He is a big, clumsy oaf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oaf/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

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