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# smock

noun (smock, smocks)

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

## Everyday

1. A smock is a loose outer garment, like a long overall, worn over other clothes to keep them clean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smock/#m1)
2. (old use) A smock was a loose linen shirt worn by country people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smock/#m2)
3. In tales, a fine smock is a rich silk garment with gold embroidery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smock/#m3)

### In the lessons

in tales, a fine smock is a rich garment; a man may hide a small animal under his smock.

### Examples

- Painters wear a smock to keep paint off their clothes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smock/#x1)
- He hid the pig under his smock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smock/#x2)
- Eight silken smocks were embroidered with gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smock/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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