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# codfish

«codfish» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large sea fish that people eat** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural codfish)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A codfish is a large sea fish that people eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/codfish/#m1)

2) (old use) «Codfish» is an insult for a foolish, dull person, as in «only a codfish». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/codfish/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in some tales a proud captain is insulted by being called a codfish, which shames him.

### examples

- We ate fried codfish for supper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/codfish/#x1)
- The captain was furious to be called a codfish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/codfish/#x2)
- Fishermen brought in a boat full of codfish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/codfish/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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