noun Download 🔗Share A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy. Examples : "Legend said the field's vibrant green clover grew so well because elves, spirits of nature and fertility, blessed the land. " mythology literature supernatural nature religion being Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. They are usually delicate-featured and skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature. Examples : "The children pretended to be elves, crafting magical potions with glitter and leaves in their backyard. " mythology literature supernatural character being Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar). Examples : "The children, fascinated by stories of elves, spent their afternoon reading books about the mystical forest-dwelling creatures. " mythology literature being supernatural race culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A very diminutive person; a dwarf. Examples : "The little elves in the kindergarten class were all so tiny. " mythology literature story character supernatural person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). Examples : "My grandfather loves to fish for elves off the coast of Long Island every summer. " fish Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, rapidly expanding disk-shaped regions of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occur high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity Examples : "The scientists pointed their specialized cameras upwards, hoping to capture images of the elusive elves dancing above the distant thunderstorm. " weather physics phenomena astronomy science nature energy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading