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# cherub

«cherub» in Mova's school dictionary: **a kind of angel, often shown as a chubby child with small…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (cherubs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A cherub is a kind of angel, often shown as a chubby child with small wings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherub/#m1)

2) A cherub can also mean a sweet, rosy-cheeked young child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherub/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories and paintings, a winged child-angel that flies about or peeps from the clouds.

### examples

- The painting shows a cherub on a cloud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherub/#x1)
- Little cherubs peeped out from the clouds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherub/#x2)
- My baby cousin is a chubby cherub. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherub/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### In the corpora

- [And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He was seen upon the wings of the wind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.670/)
- [And the other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.213/)
- [The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.214/)
- [And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He did swoop down upon the wings of the wind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.221/)
- [The LORD reigneth; let the peoples tremble; He is enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1746/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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