M — The Judaism dictionary · page 21 2 3 4maxShort for «maximum»: the biggest amount possible.15 sentencesmayMay means something is allowed: you may go out.34 sentencesmeadowA meadow is a field of grass and wild flowers, often used for hay or grazing animals.14 sentencesmealA meal is the food you eat at one time, such as breakfast, lunch or dinner.22 sentencesmeanTo mean is to have a sense.29 sentencesmeaningThe meaning of a word or sign is what it stands for or expresses.20 sentencesmeasureTo measure is to find out the size, length, weight, time or amount of something with a tool, like a ruler, a tape, scales or a clock.26 sentencesmeatMeat is the flesh of animals, such as cows, pigs, sheep and chickens, eaten as food.15 sentencesmeddleTo get involved in someone else's business when you are not wanted, and often make things worse.15 sentencesmeddlingThe act of getting involved in other people's business when you are not wanted.14 sentencesmediaevalFrom or to do with the Middle Ages, the time in Europe from about 500 to 1500 AD.10 sentencesmediateTo mediate is to help two people or groups who disagree to talk and find an agreement, without taking sides.14 sentencesmediatorA mediator is a person who helps two people or groups who disagree to talk calmly and reach an agreement.14 sentencesmedicineA pill, liquid or cream that a doctor or chemist gives to help you get better when ill.17 sentencesmedievalMedieval means from or about the Middle Ages, the long period in European history after the Roman times and before the modern age.9 sentencesmeditateTo meditate is to sit quietly and focus your mind, often on your breathing, to feel calm and peaceful.18 sentencesmeditationSitting quietly and focusing your mind, for example on your breathing, to feel calm and relaxed.18 sentencesmedleyA mixture of different things, often put together without order.2 sentencesmeekQuiet, gentle and patient; not easily angry and not wanting to argue.14 sentencesmeeknessMeekness is quiet, gentle behaviour; a person with meekness is not proud, loud or angry.10 sentencesmeetTo meet is to come together with someone at the same place.25 sentencesmeetingA meeting is when people come together to talk about something, plan or decide.22 sentencesmelodyA melody is a tune: a series of musical notes, one after another, that sounds pleasing and is easy to remember.17 sentencesmelonA melon is a big round or oval fruit with a hard skin and a sweet, juicy inside full of seeds.11 sentencesmeltTo melt is to change from a solid into a liquid because of heat: ice melts into water.23 sentencesmemThe thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, written מ.16 sentencesmemberA member is a person who belongs to a group, like a club, a team or a family.14 sentencesmemorialA memorial is a statue, stone, building or event that helps people remember a person who died or something that happened.22 sentencesmemoryMemory is the ability of your brain to keep and remember things.20 sentencesmendTo repair something that is broken, torn or not working.13 sentencesmentionTo say or write something about someone or something briefly, without giving lots of details.23 sentencesmercenaryA soldier who fights for any country or group that pays them, not for their own country.9 sentencesmerchandiseGoods that are bought and sold, especially in shops.18 sentencesmerchantA merchant is a person who buys and sells goods to make money, a trader.20 sentencesmercifulShowing mercy: kind and forgiving to someone you could punish or harm.18 sentencesmercuryMercury is a silvery metal that is liquid at room temperature; it was used in old thermometers.17 sentencesmercyMercy is kindness or forgiveness shown to someone you could punish or hurt.24 sentencesmereMere means only, just, no more than: a mere child, a mere five minutes. It makes something sound small or unimportant.17 sentencesmerelyMerely means only or just, showing that something is small or not important.16 sentencesmeritMerit is the quality of being good and deserving praise or a reward.20 sentencesmerrilyIn a happy, cheerful, jolly way.9 sentencesmerryMerry means happy, cheerful and full of fun.20 sentencesmessA mess is a place or things that are untidy or dirty, like a messy bedroom.19 sentencesmessageA piece of information that someone sends or leaves for another person, in words, writing or on a phone.19 sentencesmessengerA person who carries a message, letter or parcel from one person or place to another.22 sentencesmessiahIn Judaism, the Messiah is a future king from the family of David whom God will send to bring peace and rescue the Jewish people.12 sentencesmetaphorA metaphor is a way of describing something by saying it IS something else, to show what it is like, without using «like» or «as»: «The cl…13 sentencesmetaphoricalUsed as a picture or comparison, not meant literally.3 sentencesmetaphoricallyIn a way that uses a comparison or picture, not literally.3 sentencesmetaphysicalHaving to do with the deepest ideas about what is real, beyond what we can see and touch.7 sentencesmetaphysicsThe part of philosophy that asks what is real, what exists, and why.1 sentencesmethodA way of doing something, especially a planned, careful way.13 sentencesmethuselahMethuselah is a man in the Book of Genesis who is said to have lived 969 years, the oldest person in the Bible.15 sentencesmeticIn ancient Greece, a foreigner who lived in a city without being a citizen.1 sentencesmewThe soft, high crying sound a cat or kitten makes; to make this sound.11 sentencesmicaA mineral found in rocks that splits into very thin, shiny, see-through sheets.12 sentencesmichaelMichael is a common boy's and man's name in English-speaking countries (a name); short forms are Mike, Mick, Mikey and Mickey.14 sentencesmicrocosmA "small world"; a small thing that is a model of the whole universe, such as a human being.7 sentencesmidMid means in the middle of something, often in a word with a hyphen: mid-morning, mid-air, mid-sentence.15 sentencesmiddayMidday is twelve o'clock in the middle of the day; noon.11 sentencesmiddleThe middle is the part that is halfway between the two ends or sides. In a row of three, the middle one is the second.26 sentencesmiddlemostThe one in the middle of three; the middle one.5 sentencesmidnightMidnight is twelve o'clock at night, the moment when one day ends and the next one begins.18 sentencesmidrashA Jewish way of explaining the Bible by looking closely at its words and telling stories about them; also a book of such explanations.4 sentencesmidstThe middle part of something, especially among a crowd or group of people.15 sentencesmidwifeA trained nurse or health worker who helps women while they are pregnant, while they give birth and just afterwards.13 sentencesmightUsed to say something is possible but not sure.27 sentencesmightilyWith great strength or force, very hard.11 sentencesmightyVery strong or powerful.25 sentencesmilchGiving milk; kept for its milk, said of cows or other animals.7 sentencesmildewA thin white or grey fungus that grows on plants, walls or cloth in damp places.7 sentencesmilkMilk is the white drink that comes from cows, goats and other animals.26 sentencesmillA mill is a building with machines for grinding grain into flour, often powered by wind or water.17 sentencesmillerA miller is a person who owns or works in a mill, grinding grain into flour.13 sentencesmilletA kind of grass grown for its small round seeds, which are eaten as grain by people and animals.10 sentencesmillionA million is the number 1,000,000: a thousand thousands.10 sentencesmillstoneA millstone is one of a pair of large, round, flat stones used in a mill to grind grain into flour.17 sentencesmiltThe spleen, a small organ near the stomach; also the sperm of male fish.3 sentencesminceMince is meat cut into very small pieces in a machine, used for burgers, spaghetti bolognese and cottage pie; in the US and Canada it is c…13 sentencesmindYour mind is the part of you that thinks, feels, remembers and imagines.26 sentencesmindfulTo be mindful is to keep something in mind and be careful about it: mindful of the rules.9 sentencesmineBelonging to me: «That book is mine».25 sentencesmingleTo mingle is to mix things together so that the parts can no longer be told apart.14 sentencesministerA minister is a person in charge of a government department, such as the minister for education.22 sentencesministryA government department led by a minister: the Ministry of Education.14 sentencesminstrelA minstrel was, long ago, a singer or musician who travelled from place to place singing songs and telling tales.9 sentencesminuteA minute is a short length of time; sixty minutes make an hour.14 sentencesmiracleA wonderful event that seems impossible and that some people believe is done by God.12 sentencesmiraculousLike a miracle; amazing and hard to explain: a miraculous escape.13 sentencesmireMire is deep, wet mud or soft ground that sucks at your feet.11 sentencesmirrorA mirror is a piece of special glass with a shiny back in which you can see yourself and things behind you.16 sentencesmirthLaughter, fun and great happiness, especially among a group of people.19 sentencesmiryVery muddy and boggy; full of mire (deep, sticky mud).14 sentencesmiscarryTo lose a baby before it is born; also, in old speech, to fail.7 sentencesmischiefMischief is naughty behaviour that is usually playful and not very harmful, like playing tricks.19 sentencesmischievousLiking to play tricks and cause small trouble in a playful way: a mischievous puppy.14 sentencesmisdeedA wrong or bad action, especially a crime or a breaking of rules.11 sentencesmiseryGreat unhappiness or suffering, in body or mind.21 sentencesmisfortuneMisfortune is bad luck.11 sentencesmisleadingGiving people a wrong idea, even if not every word is a lie.11 sentences1 2 3 4This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/page/2/