[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mule.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / mule

[← M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/M/)

# mule

«mule» in Mova's school dictionary: **a horse and father is a donkey; it is strong and used for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a mule, mules)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An animal whose mother is a horse and father is a donkey; it is strong and used for carrying loads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mule/#m1)

2) (informal) A very stubborn person: stubborn as a mule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mule/#m2)

3) A slipper or shoe with no back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mule/#m3)

4) (slang) A person who carries illegal drugs or money across borders for criminals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mule/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons mules are an example of a hybrid (a cross between two kinds of animal); mules usually cannot have babies. In history and geography, mules carry loads on mountain paths. In everyday talk «stubborn as a mule». The criminal sense appears in news and safety warnings. Phrases: stubborn as a mule, mule track.

### examples

- The mule carried our bags up the mountain path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mule/#x1)
- A mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mule/#x2)
- He's as stubborn as a mule and won't change his mind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mule/#x3)
- Mules are strong and sure-footed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mule/#x4)
- Mum wears her fluffy mules around the house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mule/#x5)
- The police caught the drug mule at the airport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mule/#x6)
- Most mules cannot have foals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mule/#x7)
- The farmer ploughed the field with a mule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mule/#x8)
- “What’s bridle-wise?” said the young mule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mule/#x9)

### note

Countable: mules. Science: a mule's father is a donkey and mother a horse; the opposite cross is a hinny. Safety: never agree to carry a package for a stranger.

### In the corpora

- [Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got him up upon his mule, and fled.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.371/)
- [They of the house of Togarmah traded for thy wares with horses and horsemen and mules.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.700/)
- [Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.78/)
- [Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.213/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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