[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/guise.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / guise

[← G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/G/)

# guise

«guise» in Mova's school dictionary: **the outward form or appearance someone takes, often to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (guise, guises)

### meaning for a pupil

A guise is the outward form or appearance someone takes, often to hide who they really are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guise/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a witch, a god or a king comes in disguise, pretending to be someone else

### examples

- The witch came in the guise of a kind old woman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guise/#x1)
- Our Lord walks the earth under the guise of a beggar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guise/#x2)
- The fox came back in a new guise, as a travelling trader. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guise/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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