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# perilous

adjective

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

## Everyday

Full of danger; likely to hurt or kill you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perilous/#m1)

### In the lessons

a long journey or a voyage where heroes face danger and must be brave

### Examples

- A mere lad is not fit to be trusted on such a perilous journey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perilous/#x1)
- Voyages at sea are perilous, with uncertain winds and waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perilous/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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