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# vermin

«vermin» in Mova's school dictionary: **small animals, such as rats, mice or insects, that spread…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural; used with plural verbs)

### meaning for a pupil

Vermin are small animals, such as rats, mice or insects, that spread disease or spoil food and are hated by people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vermin/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, the pests that a town or a house wants to get rid of, such as rats or mice

### examples

- The captain wondered at this, and asked if these vermin were not unpleasant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vermin/#x1)
- He sent us this horrible vermin that he wants to rid us of. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vermin/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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