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# manikin

«manikin» in Mova's school dictionary: **a little man, a dwarf or a very small person** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (manikins)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old use) A manikin is a little man, a dwarf or a very small person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manikin/#m1)

2) A manikin is also a small model of a human body, used to show shapes or clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manikin/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a small old man who gives help or asks questions on the road

### examples

- When he had gone a short distance he met a little old manikin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manikin/#x1)
- The manikin asked him where he was going. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manikin/#x2)
- He shared his bread with the manikin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manikin/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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