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# ogre

noun (ogre, ogres; feminine «ogress»)

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

## Everyday

1. An ogre is a huge, frightening giant in stories who eats people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ogre/#m1)
2. An ogre is a very cruel or frightening person, as a joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ogre/#m2)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales the ogre is the monster the hero must outwit or defeat

### Examples

- The ogre lived in a dark cave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ogre/#x1)
- «Get out, then!» said the ogre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ogre/#x2)
- The children ran from the ogre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ogre/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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