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# falter

«falter» in Mova's school dictionary: **to stop or go weak for a moment, for example when the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (falter, falters, faltered, faltering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To falter is to stop or go weak for a moment, for example when the voice shakes or the feet slow down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falter/#m1)

2) To falter can mean to lose courage and nearly give up, but not quite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falter/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales a person speaks with a shaking voice when afraid or unsure; a brave person «did not falter» and kept going

### examples

- The bo'sun faltered when he was asked why. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falter/#x1)
- «Is the prince dead?» faltered Muffette. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falter/#x2)
- His legs began to falter on the steep hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falter/#x3)
- Even under fire, the soldier did not falter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falter/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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