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# zombie

noun (a zombie, zombies); adjective (zombie — informal)

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

## Everyday

1. In stories, films and games, a zombie is a made-up dead person who has come back to life and walks around slowly without thinking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zombie/#m1)
2. (informal) A zombie is a person who is very tired or not paying attention and moves without thinking: I'm a zombie in the mornings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zombie/#m2)
3. (informal) Zombie can describe something that keeps going although it is useless or should have ended: a zombie company. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zombie/#m3)

### In the lessons

In children's stories, games and Halloween costumes, zombies are a spooky monster; they are not real. In everyday talk, «like a zombie» means half-asleep. In safety and media lessons, zombies are fiction, not fact. Phrases: like a zombie, zombie film, zombie mode.

### Examples

- My brother dressed up as a zombie for Halloween. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zombie/#x1)
- Zombies are not real; they are made up for stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zombie/#x2)
- I'm a total zombie until I've had breakfast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zombie/#x3)
- The zombies in the game move very slowly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zombie/#x4)
- After the sleepover we walked around like zombies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zombie/#x5)
- The film was about a town full of zombies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zombie/#x6)

### Note

Plural: zombies (not zombys). Zombies are fictional — a myth, not real creatures. Sometimes spelled «zombi». Related spooky words: ghost, mummy, vampire.

## On Mova

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