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# foundling

«foundling» in Mova's school dictionary: **a baby or young child who has been left alone and then…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (foundlings)

### meaning for a pupil

A foundling is a baby or young child who has been left alone and then found by someone who takes care of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foundling/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a poor child found on a doorstep or in a wood, who needs kind help

### examples

- The villagers took care of the foundling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foundling/#x1)
- Athene carried the poor little foundling to Alcmene. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foundling/#x2)
- Nobody knew who the foundling's parents were. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foundling/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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