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# loggerhead

«loggerhead» in Mova's school dictionary: **to disagree strongly and argue with them** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a loggerhead, loggerheads); phrase (at loggerheads)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To be «at loggerheads» with someone is to disagree strongly and argue with them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loggerhead/#m1)

2) A loggerhead turtle is a large sea turtle with a big head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loggerhead/#m2)

3) (old) A loggerhead was an old word for a stupid person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loggerhead/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk and news: two people or groups are «at loggerheads» over something. In science: loggerhead turtles lay eggs on beaches and are protected.

### examples

- The two neighbours are at loggerheads over the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loggerhead/#x1)
- My brother and I were at loggerheads about the TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loggerhead/#x2)
- Loggerhead turtles nest on warm beaches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loggerhead/#x3)
- A loggerhead turtle can live for over 50 years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loggerhead/#x4)
- The councils have been at loggerheads for months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loggerhead/#x5)
- Plastic in the sea harms loggerhead turtles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loggerhead/#x6)

### note

The phrase is always plural: «at loggerheads». In nature, «loggerhead» is short for loggerhead turtle (also a loggerhead shrike, a bird).

### Trees and pragmatics

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