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# bruin

«bruin» in Mova's school dictionary: **A bear** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (bruins)

### meaning for a pupil

A bear. In old stories «Bruin» is a name for a bear, as in fairy tales (old use). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bruin/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a name for the great bear in the tale, who bursts through the door

### examples

- The door was thrust open: it was Bruin, the great, shaggy Bruin! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bruin/#x1)
- Bruin the bear padded into the cottage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bruin/#x2)
- In the old tale the hunters fear Bruin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bruin/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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