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# dirge

«dirge» in Mova's school dictionary: **a slow, sad song sung for someone who has died** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (dirge, dirges)

### meaning for a pupil

A dirge is a slow, sad song sung for someone who has died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirge/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales a dirge is sung over a dead hero or animal; in lessons it names a mournful song of grief

### examples

- The people sang a dirge for the dead king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirge/#x1)
- The Muses chanted a funeral dirge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirge/#x2)
- She sang a low dirge over the fallen rover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dirge/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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