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# arabesque

«arabesque» in Mova's school dictionary: **A decoration of flowing lines, leaves and curls, often…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (arabesques)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A decoration of flowing lines, leaves and curls, often repeated in a pattern. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabesque/#m1)

2) (ballet) A pose on one leg with the other leg stretched out straight behind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabesque/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a decoration on cloth, walls or gates in tales; in dance, a graceful pose

### examples

- The gate had a pretty arabesque of leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabesque/#x1)
- The sleeves were stitched with arabesques of roses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabesque/#x2)
- The dancer held an arabesque on one toe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabesque/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «arabesque» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arabesque/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.