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# perilous

«perilous» in Mova's school dictionary: **Full of danger; likely to hurt or kill you** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Full of danger; likely to hurt or kill you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perilous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a long journey or a voyage where heroes face danger and must be brave

### examples

- A mere lad is not fit to be trusted on such a perilous journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perilous/#x1)
- Voyages at sea are perilous, with uncertain winds and waves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perilous/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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