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# monster

«monster» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big, scary, made-up creature in stories, films and games** — 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 monster, monsters); adjective-like (monster: a monster truck = very big)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A monster is a big, scary, made-up creature in stories, films and games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monster/#m1)

2) A monster can be a very cruel or wicked person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monster/#m2)

3) A monster can mean something enormous, like a monster wave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monster/#m3)

4) Children sometimes call a naughty child a «little monster» as a joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monster/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories monsters create danger and fear, and heroes face them; many children's books (like «Where the Wild Things Are») use monsters to talk about feelings and fears. Real life: monsters under the bed are not real; if you are scared at night, tell an adult and use a night light. Phrases: «sea monster», «monster truck», «the Loch Ness Monster», «a little monster».

### examples

- The monster in the story had three eyes and green fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monster/#x1)
- There are no monsters under your bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monster/#x2)
- A monster wave crashed over the harbour wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monster/#x3)
- We dressed up as monsters for Halloween. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monster/#x4)
- My baby brother is a little monster at bath time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monster/#x5)
- Some people say there is a monster in Loch Ness, but nobody has ever proved it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monster/#x6)
- The giant pumpkin was a monster! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monster/#x7)
- The cruel king was a monster to his people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monster/#x8)
- The monster soon came in, saying: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monster/#x9)

### note

Countable: «a monster, monsters». Adjective: «monstrous» (very big or very evil). Myth: famous monsters like Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster have never been proven real. Calling a real person a monster is very strong.

### In the corpora

- [Behind-the-scenes videos show how effects are made, and that can help children feel less scared of film monsters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/16/)
- [Sharks are not all the same monster from a film.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/310-sharks-by-kind-great-white-tiger-bull-and-hammerhead/0/)
- [Games and films invent monsters because they are fun and scary, not because they are true.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued/7/)
- [In an old story "nián" was a monster scared away by red and by loud bangs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/25-spring-festival/7/)
- [Changing every y would give monsters like «dayies».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/6-spelling-plurals/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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