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# nimble

«nimble» in Mova's school dictionary: **Able to move quickly, easily and lightly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (nimble, nimbler, nimblest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Able to move quickly, easily and lightly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nimble/#m1)

2) Quick and clever in thinking, as in "a nimble mind". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nimble/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in PE, nature and stories about animals and people: nimble goats, nimble fingers (good at fine work like knitting or piano). The nursery rhyme "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick". Phrases: "nimble fingers", "nimble-footed", "nimble mind".

### examples

- The nimble goat climbed the steep rocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nimble/#x1)
- Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nimble/#x2)
- She has nimble fingers for playing the piano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nimble/#x3)
- The nimble goalkeeper leapt to save the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nimble/#x4)
- A squirrel is nimble on the thin branches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nimble/#x5)
- The fox's nimble mind found a way out of the trap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nimble/#x6)
- Gymnasts must be strong and nimble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nimble/#x7)
- I am not a swift runner, and you are nimble as a deer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nimble/#x8)

### note

Comparative "nimbler", superlative "nimblest". Adverb "nimbly" (not "nimblely"). Noun "nimbleness". Similar: agile, quick.

### Trees and pragmatics

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