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# stag

«stag» in Mova's school dictionary: **an adult male deer, usually one with large branching antlers** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a stag, stags); adjective-like noun (a stag party, stag night — UK, Ireland, Australia)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A stag is an adult male deer, usually one with large branching antlers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stag/#m1)

2) A stag party or stag night is a party for a man just before his wedding, with only his male friends (mostly UK, Ireland, Australia). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stag/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons «stag» names the male deer, while «doe» or «hind» names the female and «fawn» the young; it often comes up when pupils learn about antlers, herds and the autumn rut, when stags fight. Stories use a proud stag as a picture of strength and wildness. Phrases: «a red deer stag», «stag beetle» (a big beetle whose jaws look like antlers), «stag party», «stag do».

### examples

- A stag stood at the edge of the forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stag/#x1)
- The stag's antlers had twelve points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stag/#x2)
- In autumn the stags roar and fight for the herd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stag/#x3)
- We saw a stag and two does in the park in Scotland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stag/#x4)
- A stag beetle crawled across the log. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stag/#x5)
- Stags drop their antlers every year and grow new ones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stag/#x6)
- My uncle had his stag party the week before the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stag/#x7)
- The ranger told us never to go close to a stag in the rutting season. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stag/#x8)

### note

Plural: stags. Female deer: doe or hind; young: fawn. Do not confuse with «stage». A stag beetle is an insect, not a deer. Safety: wild stags can be dangerous in autumn — keep your distance.

### In the corpora

- [That is what a stag does with its antlers, every single year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/318-deer-antlers-that-fall-off-and-grow-again-red-deer-roe-deer-moose-muntjac-and-water-deer/1/)
- [Stags grow new antlers every year, so the number of points can change from year to year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/368-big-wild-animals-in-cities-wild-boar-deer-coyotes-monkeys-and-leopards/9/)
- [Deer are easily frightened, and stags can be dangerous in autumn, so you watch them quietly from a distance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/70-respecting-wild-animals/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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