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# tiger

noun (a tiger, tigers; tigress for a female)

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

## Everyday

1. A tiger is a very large wild cat with orange fur and black stripes, which lives in Asia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiger/#m1)
2. A tiger can mean a fierce, brave or energetic person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiger/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons the tiger is the biggest cat, a carnivore and a top predator; it lives in forests and grasslands of Asia, not Africa. Tigers are endangered because of hunting and habitat loss, so pupils learn about conservation. Each tiger's stripes are unique, like fingerprints. Unlike most cats, tigers like water and swim well. In stories (The Jungle Book's Shere Khan, The Tiger Who Came to Tea) the tiger is powerful. Phrases: «paper tiger», «tiger mother», «Bengal tiger», «tiger moth», «tiger shark».

### Examples

- The tiger crept through the long grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiger/#x1)
- Tigers live in Asia, not Africa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiger/#x2)
- No two tigers have the same stripes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiger/#x3)
- The tiger cub played with its mother's tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiger/#x4)
- Tigers are endangered animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiger/#x5)
- Tigers are good swimmers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiger/#x6)
- We saw a Sumatran tiger at the zoo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tiger/#x7)

### Note

Plural: tigers. Female: tigress; young: cub. Spelling: -er (US and UK). Trap: lions live in Africa (and a few in India); wild tigers live only in Asia. A tiger shark and a tiger moth are not tigers.

## On Mova

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