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# crag

«crag» in Mova's school dictionary: **A steep, rough, rocky cliff or high rock sticking out…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a crag, crags); adjective craggy

### meaning for a pupil

A steep, rough, rocky cliff or high rock sticking out from a hill or mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crag/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, glaciers left "crag and tail" landforms, like Edinburgh Castle Rock. In stories, eagles nest on crags and heroes climb them. Phrases: "a rocky crag", "a craggy face" (lined and rugged).

### examples

- An eagle perched on the crag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crag/#x1)
- Edinburgh Castle stands on a volcanic crag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crag/#x2)
- Climbers scaled the steep crag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crag/#x3)
- Mist hid the crags above the valley. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crag/#x4)
- The old sailor had a craggy face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crag/#x5)
- Don't climb crags without proper gear and an instructor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crag/#x6)
- Next year the Eagle built her nest far up on a mountain crag; but the Beetle found it and again destroyed the eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crag/#x7)

### note

Countable: a crag, crags. Adjective "craggy" describes rough rocks or a rugged face.

### In the corpora

- [The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmas, and the other on the south in front of Geba.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.333/)
- [The rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the crags;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.890/)
- [She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the stronghold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1088/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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