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fable
[ fey-buhl ]
noun
- a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: Aesop's fables.
the fable of the tortoise and the hare;
Aesop's fables.
- a story not founded on fact:
This biography is largely a self-laudatory fable.
- a story about supernatural or extraordinary persons or incidents; legend:
the fables of gods and heroes.
- legends or myths collectively:
the heroes of Greek fable.
- an untruth; falsehood:
This boast of a cure is a medical fable.
- the plot of an epic, a dramatic poem, or a play.
- idle talk:
old wives' fables.
verb (used without object)
- to tell or write fables.
- to speak falsely; lie:
to fable about one's past.
verb (used with object)
- to describe as if actually so; talk about as if true:
She is fabled to be the natural daughter of a king.
fable
/ ˈ´Ú±ðɪ²úÉ™±ô /
noun
- a short moral story, esp one with animals as characters
- a false, fictitious, or improbable account; fiction or lie
- a story or legend about supernatural or mythical characters or events
- legends or myths collectively fabulous
- archaic.the plot of a play or of an epic or dramatic poem
verb
- to relate or tell (fables)
- intr to speak untruthfully; tell lies
- tr to talk about or describe in the manner of a fable
ghosts are fabled to appear at midnight
Derived Forms
- ˈ´Ú²¹²ú±ô±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ´Ú²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð°ù noun
- ´Ç³Ü³Ù·´Ú²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð verb (used with object) outfabled outfabling
- ³Ü²Ô·´Ú²¹Â·²ú±ô¾±²Ô²µ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of fable1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of fable1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Max Webster’s production, which won three Tony Awards for its mesmerizing design, brings audiences along on an adventure that combines the heartfelt wisdom of a classic fable with the splendor of modern stage poetry.
The lawsuit read like a fable of American capitalism.
For much of our history Americans have been enchanted by a fable of their own invention: that we are one people, that “America†means more or less the same thing to us all.
America’s addiction to fable over fact and common sense has brought us closer to the superhero’s unreality, minus the powered-up vigilantes.
Yet the bench survives, in the spirit of Gothic fables and improbable Hollywood endings everywhere.
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