noun Download 🔗Share A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables. Examples : "The teacher read a fable about a tortoise and a hare to teach the children the importance of perseverance. " story literature moral animal entertainment character writing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk. Examples : "The exciting news of the school talent show became a fable among the students, with each telling adding more and more exaggerated details. " story literature entertainment mythology moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Fiction; untruth; falsehood. Examples : "The story about the student finishing all his homework early was a complete fable; he never even opened his books. " story literature mythology moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem. Examples : "The teacher explained how the Iliad's fable centers on the Trojan War and the wrath of Achilles. " story literature mythology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true. Examples : "Knowing he was late and hadn't finished his homework, the student began to fable an elaborate story about a sick grandmother and a flat tire. " story writing literature language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable. Examples : "He tried to fable a story about being sick to avoid the test, but the teacher saw through his lie. " story language literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
