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# lore

«lore» in Mova's school dictionary: **knowledge and stories handed down by a people, such as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lore is knowledge and stories handed down by a people, such as folk tales and customs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lore/#m1)

2) Lore can also mean a body of knowledge about one subject, such as bird lore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lore/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, wise old people know the ancient lore of the forest

### examples

- The old woman knew the lore of herbs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lore/#x1)
- Folk lore is full of talking animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lore/#x2)
- Grandpa shared his lore about the stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lore/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

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