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# greybeard

«greybeard» in Mova's school dictionary: **An old man, often one with a grey beard; the word can…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (greybeards)

### meaning for a pupil

An old man, often one with a grey beard; the word can sound a little teasing or bossy. (old use) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greybeard/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a name for an old man in tales, often said to someone who is slow or in the way

### examples

- «Hurry up, old greybeard!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greybeard/#x1)
- The greybeard sat by the fire and told a tale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greybeard/#x2)
- Two greybeards were playing chess in the square. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greybeard/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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