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# leafless

«leafless» in Mova's school dictionary: **in winter** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Having no leaves; bare, as trees are in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leafless/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a leafless tree stands bare in winter, so its branches show clearly

### examples

- In winter the trees stand leafless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leafless/#x1)
- The leafless oak looked cold and bare. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leafless/#x2)
- Only the leafless branches showed against the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leafless/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

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