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   fa·ble

   /ˈfāb(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral: "the fable of the sick lion and the wary fox" Similar moral taleparableapologueallegorybestiary
   • ▪ a story, typically a supernatural one incorporating elements of myth and legend: "he had conjured up a monster fit for any fable" Similar mythlegendsagaepicfolk talefolk storytraditional storytalestoryfairy talenarrativeromancefolkloreloremythologyfantasyoral historytraditionfolk traditionold wives' talestechnical:mythosmythusinformal:yarn
   • ▪ myth and legend: "the unnatural monsters of fable"
   • ▪ a false statement or belief: "believers accused the cosmologists of inventing fables on the birth of the universe" Similar falsehoodfibfabricationdeceptionmade-up storytrumped-up storyfake newsinventionconcoctionpiece of fictionfictionfalsificationfalsityfairy story/talecock and bull storylieuntruthbarefaced lie(little) white liehalf-truthexaggerationprevaricationdeparture from the truthalternative factyarnstoryred herringrumormythflight of fancyfigment of the imaginationpretensepretextshamrusewiletrickerystratageminformal:tall storytall talewhopperporkypork pieporky piehumorous:terminological inexactitudevulgar slang:bullshitbulldust

   verb

   • 1. tell fictitious tales: archaic "I do not dream nor fable"
   • ▪ fabricate or invent (an incident, person, or story): archaic "men soon fabled up their Histories into Miracle and Wonder"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French fable (noun), from Latin fabula ‘story’, from fari ‘speak’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fabler noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › fableFable Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of FABLE is a fictitious narrative or statement. How to use fable in a sentence.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFABLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   FABLE definition: 1. a short story that tells a general truth or is only partly based on fact, or literature of this…. Learn more.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › FableFable - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. www.dictionary.com › browse › fableFABLE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   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.

6. literarydevices.net › FableFable - Definition and Examples of Fable - Literary Devices

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   Fable is a literary device that can be defined as a concise and brief story intended to provide a moral lesson at the end. In literature, it is described as a didactic lesson given through some sort of animal story.

7. literaryterms.net › fableFable: Definition and Examples | Literary Terms

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   Fables are timeless literary devices because of their ability to deliver moral messages in a simple way that can be understood and enjoyed by readers of all ages. In fact, the fable is one of the oldest and most lasting methods of both written and oral storytelling.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryFABLE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   FABLE meaning: 1. a short story that tells a general truth or is only partly based on fact, or literature of this…. Learn more.