Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
moth
IPA transcription: [m'ɔθ]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
moth
Meaning:
typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae
Usage examples
Like laying a burden on the back of a moth
"Yes; by the moth and the rust and the thief."
On his way back he caught unobserved another moth.
"Because there the moth and rust and the thief come."
"Is it possible," he exclaimed, "that you never saw a silkworm- moth?
'Yes, give him back his Palace,' said the Butterfly's Wife, still flying about in the dark like a moth.
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
"Old Mrs. Moth has been laid up lately with a gastric fever, and that may keep two or three of the Misses Moth at home," said the colonel.
He looked at a moth that flew before his nose, and moved his hands, but did not catch it from regard for Alexey Alexandrovitch's position.
The lawyer, with a swiftness that could never have been expected of him, opened his hands, caught the moth, and resumed his former attitude.