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# ogress

noun (ogress, ogresses)

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

## Everyday

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

### In the lessons

in fairy tales the ogress is the monstrous woman who threatens the hero, and must be outwitted

### Examples

- «Yes, I will,» replied the ogress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ogress/#x1)
- The ogress guarded the castle gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ogress/#x2)
- The ogress hid the ring in her stomach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ogress/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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