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# hoar

«hoar» in Mova's school dictionary: **white or grey, especially of frost, as in «hoar frost»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (no comparative in use)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Hoar means white or grey, especially of frost, as in «hoar frost». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoar/#m1)

2) (old use) Hoar means very old or ancient, as in «hoar antiquity». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoar/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

an old word for white-grey frost; in the lessons it can mean very old times

### examples

- Trees were covered with hoar frost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoar/#x1)
- The hoar grass sparkled in the morning sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoar/#x2)
- The tale comes from hoar antiquity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoar/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.63/)
- [He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2663/)
- [And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1035/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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