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# vampire

noun (a vampire, vampires); also vampire bat

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

## Everyday

1. In stories and legends, a vampire is a dead person who rises from the grave at night and drinks the blood of living people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vampire/#m1)
2. A vampire bat is a real small bat from Central and South America that feeds on the blood of animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vampire/#m2)
3. (informal) A vampire can be a person or thing that drains your energy, time or money: «energy vampire». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vampire/#m3)

### In the lessons

Vampires appear in spooky stories, Halloween costumes and films; the most famous is Count Dracula, from a book by Bram Stoker. In folk tales vampires fear garlic, sunlight and crosses, and have no reflection — these are made-up beliefs. In science, vampire bats make tiny cuts and lap the blood; they hardly ever bite people. Phrases: «vampire bat», «vampire fangs», «energy vampire».

### Examples

- In the story, the vampire only came out at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vampire/#x1)
- My brother dressed up as a vampire with plastic fangs for Halloween. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vampire/#x2)
- Count Dracula is the most famous vampire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vampire/#x3)
- Vampire bats lick up blood from sleeping cows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vampire/#x4)
- Old stories say vampires are scared of garlic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vampire/#x5)
- Phone chargers left plugged in are «energy vampires». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vampire/#x6)
- Vampires are not real; they are a legend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vampire/#x7)
- The origin of the Vampire is hidden in obscurity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vampire/#x8)

### Note

Plural «vampires». Vampires are made-up; vampire bats are real. Trap: vampire bats do not suck blood; they lap it like a cat drinking milk. The word came into English from Slavic languages through German.

## On Mova

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