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# ruff

«ruff» in Mova's school dictionary: **a stiff, frilled collar worn round the neck long ago** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (ruffs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A ruff is a stiff, frilled collar worn round the neck long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruff/#m1)

2) A ruff is a ring of feathers or fur round the neck of a bird or animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruff/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a fine lady or gentleman wears a ruff; in lessons it names a neck part of clothing or of an animal

### examples

- She was dressed in a ruff and farthingale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruff/#x1)
- The gentlemen wore little ruffs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruff/#x2)
- The bird lifted its feathery ruff. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ruff/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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