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# taboo

noun (taboos); adjective; verb (taboo, taboos, tabooed, tabooing)

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

## Everyday

1. A taboo is a rule of a group that says something must not be done, touched or said. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taboo/#m1)
2. (adjective) Taboo means forbidden by such a rule. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taboo/#m2)
3. (verb) To taboo something is to forbid it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taboo/#m3)

### In the lessons

in the tales a forbidden act, such as eating alone or going in a certain direction; in lessons a rule that is not to be broken

### Examples

- It is taboo to eat alone there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taboo/#x1)
- Speaking the king's name was taboo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taboo/#x2)
- The people taboo that tree and never cut it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taboo/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

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