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# harry

«harry» in Mova's school dictionary: **A boy's or man's name, short for Henry or Harold, as in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (harry, harries, harried, harrying); proper noun (Harry — a name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (proper noun, Harry) A boy's or man's name, short for Henry or Harold, as in Harry Potter or Prince Harry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harry/#m1)

2) (verb) To keep attacking or annoying someone again and again: «The dogs harried the sheep». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harry/#m2)

3) (harried, adjective) Stressed and rushed because of too much to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harry/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and reading: Harry is a very common character name. As a verb it is a story or history word: armies harried the enemy, birds harry a hawk away. «A harried mum» means a busy, stressed one. Watch the capital letter: Harry = name, harry = verb.

### examples

- Harry is my best friend's name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harry/#x1)
- Harry Potter goes to Hogwarts School. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harry/#x2)
- Small birds harried the hawk until it flew away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harry/#x3)
- The Vikings harried the coast for years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harry/#x4)
- The harried waiter rushed between the tables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harry/#x5)
- Stop harrying me — I'll be ready in a minute! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harry/#x6)

### note

Name: capital H. Verb: harries, harried, harrying (y → ie before s and d). Do not confuse with «hurry» (to move fast) or «hairy» (covered in hair).

### In the corpora

- [In December 2022 a Netflix series told Harry and Meghan's side of their story; others in it did not reply on camera.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/19/)
- [Harry in Manchester grabbed a handful of sweets from the pick-and-mix because nobody was watching.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy/1/)
- [They went back together; Harry said sorry to the shopkeeper and paid with his own pocket money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy/3/)
- [Harry also took a pound from Mum's purse for a lolly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy/5/)
- [Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and harried them while they were building,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.99/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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