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ALL meanings of fable

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  • noun fable a story not founded on fact: This biography is largely a self-laudatory fable. 1
  • noun fable a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables. 1
  • intransitive verb fable recount 1
  • noun fable myth, not fact 1
  • noun fable moral story 1
  • noun fable Tell fictitious tales. 1
  • verb with object fable to describe as if actually so; talk about as if true: She is fabled to be the natural daughter of a king. 1
  • verb without object fable to speak falsely; lie: to fable about one's past. 1
  • verb without object fable to tell or write fables. 1
  • noun fable idle talk: old wives' fables. 1
  • noun fable the plot of an epic, a dramatic poem, or a play. 1
  • noun fable an untruth; falsehood: This boast of a cure is a medical fable. 1
  • noun fable legends or myths collectively: the heroes of Greek fable. 1
  • noun fable a story about supernatural or extraordinary persons or incidents; legend: the fables of gods and heroes. 1
  • verb fable (Transitive Verb) (archaic) To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely. 0
  • verb fable (Intransitive Verb) (archaic) To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true. 0
  • noun fable The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem. 0
  • noun fable Fiction; untruth; falsehood. 0
  • noun fable Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk. 0
  • noun fable A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, birds etc as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables. 0
  • intransitive verb fable to write or tell (fables, legends, or falsehoods) 0
  • noun fable the plot of a literary work 0
  • noun fable a story that is not true; falsehood 0
  • noun fable a myth or legend 0
  • noun fable a fictitious story meant to teach a moral lesson: the characters are usually talking animals 0
  • verb fable to talk about or describe in the manner of a fable 0
  • verb fable to speak untruthfully; tell lies 0
  • verb fable to relate or tell (fables) 0
  • noun fable the plot of a play or of an epic or dramatic poem 0
  • noun fable legends or myths collectively 0
  • noun fable a story or legend about supernatural or mythical characters or events 0
  • noun fable a false, fictitious, or improbable account; fiction or lie 0
  • noun fable a short moral story, esp one with animals as characters 0
  • variable noun fable You can describe a statement or explanation that is untrue but that many people believe as fable. 0
  • variable noun fable A fable is a story which teaches a moral lesson. Fables sometimes have animals as the main characters. 0
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