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# dryad

«dryad» in Mova's school dictionary: **a spirit that lives inside a tree and is said to die when…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (dryad, dryads)

### meaning for a pupil

A dryad is a spirit that lives inside a tree and is said to die when its tree is cut down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryad/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales and myths, a dryad is a tree-spirit who can think, sigh and pray

### examples

- The dryad lived in the old oak tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryad/#x1)
- When the axe struck, the dryad sighed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryad/#x2)
- The dryad prayed that the tree would be saved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryad/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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