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# trident

«trident» in Mova's school dictionary: **a spear with three sharp points, like a fork with three…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a trident, tridents)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A trident is a spear with three sharp points, like a fork with three prongs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trident/#m1)

2) In myths, Neptune (Roman) and Poseidon (Greek), the gods of the sea, carry a trident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trident/#m2)

3) The trident is the coat of arms of Ukraine (the «tryzub»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trident/#m3)

4) Trident is the name of the UK's nuclear missile system. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trident/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history and myths lessons, Poseidon strikes the ground with his trident to make earthquakes. Britannia, the symbol of Britain, holds a trident. In Ukrainian studies the gold trident on blue is the national symbol. Fishermen once used tridents to spear fish. Phrases: «Poseidon's trident», «a three-pronged trident».

### examples

- Poseidon raised his trident and the sea grew wild. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trident/#x1)
- A trident has three sharp points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trident/#x2)
- Britannia holds a trident and a shield. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trident/#x3)
- The trident, called the tryzub, is Ukraine's national symbol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trident/#x4)
- Fishermen used tridents to spear fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trident/#x5)
- In the cartoon, King Triton waves a golden trident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trident/#x6)
- Debates about Trident, Britain's nuclear weapons, are part of UK politics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trident/#x7)
- Upon this Poseidon struck the ground with his trident, and the horse sprang forth in all his untamed strength and graceful beauty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trident/#x8)

### note

Countable. «Tri-» means three, as in triangle and tricycle. «-dent» means tooth, as in dentist.

### Trees and pragmatics

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