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- Dictionaryfable/ˈfeɪbl/
noun
- 1. a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral: "the fable of the sick lion and the wary fox" Similar
verb
- 1. tell fictitious tales: archaic "I do not dream nor fable"
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The meaning of FABLE is a fictitious narrative or statement. How to use fable in a sentence.
Fable is a literary genre defined as a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized, and that illustrates or leads to a particular moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be added explicitly as a concise maxim or saying.
FABLE definition: 1. a short story that tells a general truth or is only partly based on fact, or literature of this…. Learn more.
Fable definition: a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue. See examples of FABLE used in a sentence.
FABLE meaning: 1. a short story that tells a general truth or is only partly based on fact, or literature of this…. Learn more.
fable in British English. (ˈfeɪbəl ) noun. 1. a short moral story, esp one with animals as characters. 2. a false, fictitious, or improbable account; fiction or lie. 3. a story or legend about supernatural or mythical characters or events.
A fable is a moral tale that often features animal characters. “The Tortoise and the Hare” is a well-known fable whose moral is "Slow and steady wins the race." We often associate fables with the master of them all, Aesop.
Fable definition, 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. See more.
Definition of fable noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a short moral story, esp one with animals as characters. 2. a false, fictitious, or improbable account; fiction or lie. 3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a story or legend about supernatural or mythical characters or events. 4. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) legends or myths collectively. 5.
