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# grizzly

«grizzly» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large brown bear of North America with a hump on its…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a grizzly, grizzlies); adjective (grizzly, grizzled)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A grizzly, or grizzly bear, is a large brown bear of North America with a hump on its shoulders and grey-tipped fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grizzly/#m1)

2) (adjective) Grizzly can mean grey or grey-haired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grizzly/#m2)

3) (UK, informal) A grizzly baby or child is grumpy and whiny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grizzly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons, the grizzly is a top predator and an omnivore: it eats salmon, berries, roots and insects; it hibernates in winter. In outdoor safety lessons in Canada and the US, people learn bear safety: make noise, carry bear spray, never feed bears. Phrases: «grizzly bear», «mother grizzly», «a grizzly old man» (grey-haired).

### examples

- A grizzly bear caught a salmon in the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grizzly/#x1)
- Grizzlies sleep through the winter in a den. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grizzly/#x2)
- Hikers in Canada carry bear spray in case they meet a grizzly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grizzly/#x3)
- The grizzly has a big hump on its shoulders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grizzly/#x4)
- (UK, informal) The baby was grizzly because she was tired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grizzly/#x5)
- A mother grizzly protects her cubs fiercely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grizzly/#x6)

### note

Plural: «grizzlies» (y → ies). Homophone trap: «grizzly» (bear, grey) and «grisly» (horrible, gory: a grisly murder) sound the same. Grizzlies are a kind of brown bear, not a separate species.

### In the corpora

- [Brown bears, including grizzlies, catch salmon at waterfalls in autumn to build up fat before winter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/23-bears/9/)
- [Grizzly claws can be about 10 centimetres long for digging, while black bears have shorter, curved claws for climbing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/320-bears-up-close-noses-claws-dens-the-honey-myth-and-bear-safety/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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