|  tale 
  
 
 1. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events;
 presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program (Freq. 26)
 - his narrative was interesting
 - Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children
 • Syn:
 narrative, narration, story
 • Derivationally related forms:
 tell, narrate (for: narration)
 • Hypernyms:
 message, content, subject matter, substance
 • Hyponyms:
 tearjerker, tall tale, folktale, folk tale, sob story,
 sob stuff, fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, nursery rhyme
 • Instance Hyponyms:
 Canterbury Tales
 2. a trivial lie (Freq. 6)
 - he told a fib about eating his spinach
 - how can I stop my child from telling stories?
 • Syn:
 fib, story, tarradiddle, taradiddle
 • Derivationally related forms:
 fib (for: fib)
 • Hypernyms:
 lie, prevarication
 • Hyponyms:
 fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, cock-and-bull story, song and dance
 
 
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