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# transfix

«transfix» in Mova's school dictionary: **To pierce something through with a sharp point, such as a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (transfixes, transfixed, transfixing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To pierce something through with a sharp point, such as a spear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transfix/#m1)

2) To hold someone still with fear or wonder, so that they cannot move. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transfix/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a hero transfixes a monster with a lance, or a sight transfixes a person with fear.

### examples

- The knight transfixed the dragon with his lance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transfix/#x1)
- The bright light transfixed the children, and they could not move. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transfix/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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