--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 54 description: The 1043 words of the English dictionary under M, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / M # M — The English dictionary · page 54 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/53/) **54** **mutualism** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mutualism is a relationship between two different kinds of living things in which both of them benefit.[↗](../../mutualism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Examples are bees and flowers, or clownfish and sea anemones.[↗](../../mutualism/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bees and flowers show mutualism: bees get nectar and flowers get pollinated.[↗](../../mutualism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Clownfish and sea anemones live in mutualism.[↗](../../mutualism/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Oxpecker birds eat ticks off zebras; that is mutualism.[↗](../../mutualism/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mutualism means both sides win.[↗](../../mutualism/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew a poster of mutualism in the rainforest.[↗](../../mutualism/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fungi and tree roots help each other in mutualism.[↗](../../mutualism/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bacteria in your gut and you share a kind of mutualism.[↗](../../mutualism/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Is a flea on a dog mutualism?[↗](../../mutualism/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") No, the dog is harmed.[↗](../../mutualism/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mutually** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mutually means felt or done by each of two or more people towards the other, or shared by both.[↗](../../mutually/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In maths, "mutually exclusive" events cannot both happen at the same time.[↗](../../mutually/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We mutually agreed to share the last biscuit.[↗](../../mutually/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The two schools have a mutually helpful friendship.[↗](../../mutually/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees and flowers have a mutually beneficial relationship.[↗](../../mutually/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (maths) Rolling a 2 and rolling a 5 on one throw are mutually exclusive.[↗](../../mutually/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They are mutually respectful even though they disagree.[↗](../../mutually/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The meeting was cancelled by mutual agreement — the two sides mutually decided to stop.[↗](../../mutually/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Being tired and being happy are not mutually exclusive.[↗](../../mutually/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **muzzle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A muzzle is the nose and mouth of an animal such as a dog or horse.[↗](../../muzzle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A muzzle is a cover of straps or wire put over a dog's nose and mouth to stop it biting.[↗](../../muzzle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The muzzle of a gun is the open end the bullet comes out of.[↗](../../muzzle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To muzzle someone means to stop them speaking freely.[↗](../../muzzle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dog's muzzle was grey with age.[↗](../../muzzle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our greyhound wears a muzzle at the park.[↗](../../muzzle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never point the muzzle of a gun at anyone.[↗](../../muzzle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse nuzzled me with its soft muzzle.[↗](../../muzzle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rulers tried to muzzle the newspapers.[↗](../../muzzle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet put a muzzle on the scared dog.[↗](../../muzzle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A solemn-nosed, stern-eyed cow would amble and stamp in his wood to find a flyless shadow; or a strayed sheep would poke its gentle muzzle through leaves.[↗](../../muzzle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.[↗](../../muzzle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.25.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../muzzle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mycelium** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mycelium is the mass of thin white threads of a fungus that grows underground or inside rotting wood; mushrooms grow out of it.[↗](../../mycelium/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mushrooms grow from mycelium under the ground.[↗](../../mycelium/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The mycelium spread through the rotting log.[↗](../../mycelium/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mycelium looks like white cotton threads.[↗](../../mycelium/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Fungi break down dead leaves with their mycelium.[↗](../../mycelium/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some trees swap food through mycelium in the soil.[↗](../../mycelium/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A single mycelium can be huge.[↗](../../mycelium/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **myoglobin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Myoglobin is a protein in muscles that holds oxygen until the muscle needs it.[↗](../../myoglobin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Myoglobin stores oxygen in muscles.[↗](../../myoglobin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Whale muscles have a lot of myoglobin.[↗](../../myoglobin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Red meat is red because of myoglobin.[↗](../../myoglobin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Myoglobin is like haemoglobin, but it stays in the muscle.[↗](../../myoglobin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Diving seals depend on myoglobin.[↗](../../myoglobin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Chicken breast has little myoglobin, so it is pale.[↗](../../myoglobin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **myopia** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Short-sightedness: being able to see things close to you clearly but things far away look blurry.[↗](../../myopia/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Not thinking about the future or about what will happen later; only thinking about now.[↗](../../myopia/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The optician said I have myopia, so I need glasses for the board.[↗](../../myopia/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Myopia means you can read a book but not a sign across the road.[↗](../../myopia/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · More children have myopia today, and doctors say playing outside may help.[↗](../../myopia/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Glasses for myopia have lenses that are thinner in the middle.[↗](../../myopia/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother's myopia got worse, so he got contact lenses.[↗](../../myopia/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper blamed the council's myopia for not planning ahead.[↗](../../myopia/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **myriad** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A myriad is a very great number, far more than anyone could count: a myriad of stars.[↗](../../myriad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) «Myriad» can also mean countless, very many: myriad lights.[↗](../../myriad/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There were myriads of gnats dancing over the lake.[↗](../../myriad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The palace glowed with myriad lights.[↗](../../myriad/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A myriad of stars filled the sky.[↗](../../myriad/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: The LORD came from Sinai, and rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, and He came from the myriads holy, at His right hand was a fiery law unto them.[↗](../../myriad/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.33.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../myriad/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The chariots of God are myriads, even thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in holiness.[↗](../../myriad/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.68.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../myriad/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **myrrh** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sweet-smelling, bitter gum (resin) from a small thorny tree in Arabia and Africa, used in perfumes, medicines and incense.[↗](../../myrrh/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible) One of the three gifts the wise men gave the baby Jesus, with gold and frankincense; Christians see it as a sign of his death, because myrrh was used to prepare bodies for burial.[↗](../../myrrh/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The third wise man brought myrrh.[↗](../../myrrh/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Myrrh is a resin from a thorny tree.[↗](../../myrrh/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gold, frankincense and myrrh were gifts for a king.[↗](../../myrrh/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Myrrh was used to prepare bodies for burial.[↗](../../myrrh/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Egyptians used myrrh for their mummies.[↗](../../myrrh/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the carol, myrrh's «bitter perfume» speaks of sorrow.[↗](../../myrrh/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Take thou also unto thee the chief spices, of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty, (Torah EXO.30.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../myrrh/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.[↗](../../myrrh/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.7.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../myrrh/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts.[↗](../../myrrh/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.1.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../myrrh/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.[↗](../../myrrh/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.45.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../myrrh/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **myrtle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A myrtle is an evergreen shrub with shiny leaves and small white or pink flowers, often grown in gardens.[↗](../../myrtle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) In old stories the myrtle was a plant sacred to love.[↗](../../myrtle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her favourite plants were the myrtle and the rose.[↗](../../myrtle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The myrtle branch was carried as a sign of peace.[↗](../../myrtle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said: 'These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.'[↗](../../myrtle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.1.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../myrtle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane-tree, and the larch together; (Prophets ISA.41.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../myrtle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I saw in the night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom; and behind him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white.[↗](../../myrtle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.1.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../myrtle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **mysterious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mysterious means strange and hard to explain or understand.[↗](../../mysterious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mysterious person keeps secrets or does not tell much about themselves.[↗](../../mysterious/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A mysterious parcel arrived with no name on it.[↗](../../mysterious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard mysterious footsteps in the attic.[↗](../../mysterious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The mysterious stranger wore a long black cloak.[↗](../../mysterious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cookies disappeared mysteriously.[↗](../../mysterious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists study mysterious objects in space.[↗](../../mysterious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She smiled in a mysterious way and said nothing.[↗](../../mysterious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old house looked dark and mysterious.[↗](../../mysterious/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The whole affair is indeed mysterious.[↗](../../mysterious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · other Biblical form of Holy mysterious animal, as given in I. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../mysterious/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script, and Scroll.[↗](../../mysterious/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../mysterious/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · "Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, the Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script and Scroll."[↗](../../mysterious/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../mysterious/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **mysteriously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that is strange and cannot be explained.[↗](../../mysteriously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a secretive way, keeping something hidden on purpose, as in "she smiled mysteriously".[↗](../../mysteriously/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My homework mysteriously disappeared from my desk.[↗](../../mysteriously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The door creaked open mysteriously.[↗](../../mysteriously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She smiled mysteriously and would not tell us the secret.[↗](../../mysteriously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cookies mysteriously vanished from the jar.[↗](../../mysteriously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lights in the old house mysteriously went off.[↗](../../mysteriously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship mysteriously disappeared at sea.[↗](../../mysteriously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Wait and see," said Grandad mysteriously.[↗](../../mysteriously/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then one day a favorite rabbit of the Princess's, called Frederick, mysteriously disappeared, and then came a terrible morning when the Mexican lapdog was missing.[↗](../../mysteriously/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mystery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mystery is something strange that is not known or explained yet.[↗](../../mystery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mystery is a story or film about solving a crime or a puzzle, often by a detective.[↗](../../mystery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «A mystery number» or «mystery prize» is one you do not know yet.[↗](../../mystery/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mystery number plus 6 is 15.[↗](../../mystery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the mystery number.[↗](../../mystery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She reads a mystery book of 200 pages.[↗](../../mystery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Solve the mystery: who has more?[↗](../../mystery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · How the dog got onto the roof is a mystery.[↗](../../mystery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective followed the clues to solve the mystery.[↗](../../mystery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a mystery to me why he left.[↗](../../mystery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I am thinking of a mystery number: double it and you get 14.[↗](../../mystery/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Everything was said in whispers, every word was a mystery.[↗](../../mystery/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The Siphra Dtzeniouta, or Book of Concealed Mystery, translated by Mac Gregor Mathers, in his " Kabalah Denudata," opens with a reference to this Equilibrium as a fundamental neces- sity of stable existence.[↗](../../mystery/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../mystery/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Depth \[note 15: עוֹמֶק ʽomeq ‘depth’ here is based on the metaphor of עֲמֻקָּה ʽamuqqah ‘deepness’ as a symbol of divine mystery, as found in Biblical poetry, ex.[↗](../../mystery/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") \[Job 11:8\], \[Psalms 64:7\], \[Ecclesiastes 7:24\].[↗](../../mystery/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../mystery/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · These three mothers enclose a mighty mystery, most occult and most marvelous, sealed as with six rings, and from them proceed primeval Fire, Water, and Air; these are subsequently differentiated into male and female.[↗](../../mystery/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../mystery/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **mystic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mystic means connected with a hidden or secret meaning, something that cannot be understood by reason alone.[↗](../../mystic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mystic is a person who seeks direct contact with God or the spirits.[↗](../../mystic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mystic signs were known only to the priests.[↗](../../mystic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Certain mystic rites were kept secret.[↗](../../mystic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The opinions of Hebrew Kabalistic Rabbis and of two French mystics may be fitly introduced here.[↗](../../mystic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../mystic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It has been the subject of deep study, not only to the mystic, who regarded it as the source ot esoteric lore, but also to the philosopher and the Talmudist.[↗](../../mystic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../mystic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **mystical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having a hidden spiritual meaning that is hard to explain, beyond the everyday world.[↗](../../mystical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Strange, magical and full of wonder.[↗](../../mystical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The forest at dawn felt mystical.[↗](../../mystical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rat and Mole had a mystical meeting on the island.[↗](../../mystical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some Christians tell of mystical experiences in prayer.[↗](../../mystical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old stone circle has a mystical feel.[↗](../../mystical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The music sounded mystical and far away.[↗](../../mystical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The story is full of mystical creatures.[↗](../../mystical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · D., remarked very truly in his German preface to the book "Yezirah," published in Leipzig, 1830: "This book is for two reasons highly important: in the first place, that the real Cabala, or mystical (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../mystical/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · All the other commentaries mentioned above, together with all quotations of other expounders of the same book, contain nothing but a medley of arbitrary, mystical explanations and sophistical distortions of scriptural verses, astrological notions, oriental (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../mystical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For it was originally written in an obscure half-mystical style.[↗](../../mystical/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../mystical/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **mysticism** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The search for knowledge of God and hidden truth through deep spiritual thought and experience.[↗](../../mysticism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **myth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A myth is a very old story about gods, heroes or magical creatures, often explaining how the world or nature began.[↗](../../myth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A myth is a common idea that many people believe but that is not true.[↗](../../myth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We read the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.[↗](../../myth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Myths often explain how the world began.[↗](../../myth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a myth that goldfish only remember for three seconds.[↗](../../myth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thor is a god from Norse myths.[↗](../../myth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The idea that bats are blind is a myth.[↗](../../myth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many myths have been told for thousands of years.[↗](../../myth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists test ideas to find out which are myths.[↗](../../myth/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mythical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Found in myths and legends, not real: a mythical creature like a dragon or unicorn.[↗](../../mythical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Imagined or made up, believed in but not true: a mythical «perfect day».[↗](../../mythical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dragon is a mythical creature that breathes fire.[↗](../../mythical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a poster of mythical beasts from Greek stories.[↗](../../mythical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The unicorn is Scotland's national animal, even though it is mythical.[↗](../../mythical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pegasus is a mythical horse with wings.[↗](../../mythical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My dad talks about the mythical day when he will clean the garage.[↗](../../mythical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The kraken is a mythical sea monster.[↗](../../mythical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Is the Loch Ness monster real or mythical?[↗](../../mythical/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Troyan is also the name of a mythical king who often figures in Slavonic legends.[↗](../../mythical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mythology** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mythology is the whole collection of myths that belong to a people, such as Greek mythology.[↗](../../mythology/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mythology is one such collection.[↗](../../mythology/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Greek mythology is full of gods and monsters.[↗](../../mythology/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We read a book on Norse mythology.[↗](../../mythology/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/53/) **54** - ← previous: [page 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/53/) - next →: 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