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# fairy

«fairy» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tiny magic person with wings in stories** — 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 (fairy, fairies); adjective (fairy)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A fairy is a tiny magic person with wings in stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairy/#m1)

2) Fairy lights are small electric lights on a string, used for decoration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairy/#m2)

3) A fairy tale is a magic story for children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a character in a story; fairies, their wings or wishes may be counted; «each fairy has 2 wings» is a rate, so multiply. In stories: the tooth fairy, a fairy godmother, fairy tales like Cinderella. Everyday life: fairy lights at parties and holidays. Phrases: fairy tale, tooth fairy, fairy godmother, fairy lights, fairy cake (a small cake, UK).

### examples

- There are 7 fairies in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairy/#x1)
- Each fairy has 2 wings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairy/#x2)
- The fairy gave 3 wishes to each child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairy/#x3)
- How many wings do 5 fairies have? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairy/#x4)
- The tooth fairy left a coin under my pillow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairy/#x5)
- Cinderella's fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a coach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairy/#x6)
- We hung fairy lights around the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairy/#x7)
- We baked fairy cakes for the school fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairy/#x8)
- The Fairy then said to Cinderilla: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fairy/#x9)

### note

Plural «fairies». Fairies are not real; they live in stories. A story character to count; «each fairy has 2 wings» is a rate, so multiply. No clue by itself.

### In the corpora

- [His magic ring could call up Djinns, Fairies and even a great angel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/96-justso-butterfly-1-the-boast/1/)
- [Fairy-tale openings like "Once upon a time" suit fairy tales, but other stories usually need a sharper first line.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/40-openings-that-hook-the-reader/14/)
- [Families decide how to handle traditions like the tooth fairy or Father Christmas, so do not spoil them for younger children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/17/)
- [Mum's is the everyday.» Hester has two rooms: Da's has fairy lights, Mam's is plain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/19/)
- [Mam laughs, and they buy fairy lights for her room too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/516-divorce-and-two-homes/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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