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# starless

«starless» in Mova's school dictionary: **with no stars to be seen, usually because the sky is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Starless means with no stars to be seen, usually because the sky is covered by cloud or it is very dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starless/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a starless night is very dark and gloomy, often showing a lonely or sad feeling

### examples

- The sky was starless and black. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starless/#x1)
- We could not find the moon on the starless night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starless/#x2)
- Clouds made the evening starless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starless/#x3)
- She walked home through a starless, cold street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starless/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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