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# filly

«filly» in Mova's school dictionary: **a young female horse, usually under four years old** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (filly, fillies)

### meaning for a pupil

A filly is a young female horse, usually under four years old. Its brother is a colt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, the young mare a hero rides or hunts on; often a blue-grey or fine horse

### examples

- The farmer's filly ran across the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filly/#x1)
- The king's son rode a blue-grey filly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filly/#x2)
- The filly tossed her head in the stable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filly/#x3)
- Every filly in the field came to the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/filly/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths; counting fillies is counting horses, one each

### Trees and pragmatics

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