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# weal

noun (weals)

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

## Everyday

A weal is a raised red or purple mark on the skin, left by a blow from a whip or stick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weal/#m1)

### In the lessons

the mark left on a person's skin after a beating, often in old tales

### Examples

- He beat her till she was marked with weals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weal/#x1)
- The whip left a red weal on his back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weal/#x2)
- She had weals on her arm after the fall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weal/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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