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# hieroglyphic

«hieroglyphic» in Mova's school dictionary: **Written in picture signs, as the ancient Egyptians wrote** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (noun: hieroglyph)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Written in picture signs, as the ancient Egyptians wrote. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hieroglyphic/#m1)

2) Hard to read, like secret picture writing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hieroglyphic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in lessons, ancient picture writing, or any strange picture-like marks

### examples

- The tomb had hieroglyphic signs on the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hieroglyphic/#x1)
- Hieroglyphic writing uses pictures for sounds and ideas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hieroglyphic/#x2)
- Its markings looked hieroglyphic to me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hieroglyphic/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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