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# lioness

«lioness» in Mova's school dictionary: **A female lion** — 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

noun (a lioness, lionesses)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A female lion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lioness/#m1)

2) (figurative) A brave, strong woman who protects her family or team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lioness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons lionesses are the main hunters of a lion group, called a pride; they work together to catch prey and look after the cubs. In stories a «lioness» shows a fierce, protective mother. In England the women's football team is called the Lionesses. Phrases: a pride of lions, a lioness and her cubs.

### examples

- The lioness crept through the tall grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lioness/#x1)
- Lionesses do most of the hunting for the pride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lioness/#x2)
- The lioness licked her cubs clean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lioness/#x3)
- A lioness has no mane, unlike a male lion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lioness/#x4)
- Mum fought for us like a lioness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lioness/#x5)
- The Lionesses won the football match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lioness/#x6)
- Three lionesses chased a zebra. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lioness/#x7)
- At the zoo, the lioness was sleeping in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lioness/#x8)
- Presently there met him a lioness with her cub. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lioness/#x9)

### note

Plural: lionesses (add -es). The male is a lion; babies are cubs; a group is a pride. Trap: people think the male hunts most, but in a pride it is mainly the lionesses. Other -ess animal words: tigress.

### In the corpora

- [Lionesses do most of the hunting, often as a team, but males hunt too, especially big animals like buffalo.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/6/)
- [Lionesses hunt together, some driving prey towards others hiding in ambush, so they can catch animals as strong as buffalo.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/240-wolves-and-teamwork-family-packs-the-alpha-myth-and-hunting-together/11/)
- [He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1608/)
- [He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.875/)
- [The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.77/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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