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# recluse

noun (a recluse, recluses)

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

## Everyday

1. A person who lives alone and avoids being with other people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recluse/#m1)
2. A brown recluse is a kind of poisonous spider in the USA. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recluse/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories, a recluse may live in a lonely house on a hill, and the children are curious about them; often the recluse turns out to be kind. In nature lessons in the USA, the brown recluse spider is one to avoid. Phrases: live as a recluse, a lonely recluse, brown recluse.

### Examples

- The old man lived as a recluse in the woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recluse/#x1)
- People thought the recluse was scary, but he was just shy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recluse/#x2)
- In the story, the children made friends with the recluse next door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recluse/#x3)
- She became a recluse after her husband died. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recluse/#x4)
- The brown recluse spider can give a nasty bite. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recluse/#x5)
- A recluse rarely leaves the house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recluse/#x6)
- Planudes, however, was no mere recluse, shut up in his monastery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recluse/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a recluse, recluses. The adjective is "reclusive". It is said "REK-loose" or "ri-KLOOSE". Do not judge or tease someone because they keep to themselves; being shy or quiet is not wrong. Safety in the USA: do not touch brown recluse spiders; tell an adult.

## On Mova

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