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 : "My teacher often reads us fables with animal characters to teach us important lessons about kindness and honesty. " story literature culture moral character entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk. Examples : "The children were exchanging fables about the haunted house on the corner, each story more imaginative than the last. " story literature mythology entertainment moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Fiction; untruth; falsehood. Examples : "The politician's promises turned out to be fables, as none of them came true. " story literature 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 fables of Homer's "Odyssey" tell of a hero's long journey home and his encounters with mythical creatures. " story literature mythology moral entertainment 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 : "The politician would often fable about his humble beginnings, painting a picture of hardship that never truly existed. " story literature language writing character 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 fables stories about his adventures to impress his friends, even though they're mostly made up. " story language literature writing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading