abandon
part of speech
verb (abandon, abandons, abandoned, abandoning); noun (abandon, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) To abandon means to leave someone or something, especially someone who needs you, and not come back («abandon a pet»). tree →
2) To abandon a plan or activity means to stop it before the end («The match was abandoned because of rain»). tree →
3) To abandon a place means to leave it, often because of danger («Abandon ship!»). tree →
4) «With abandon» means in a wild, free way without worrying. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Psalms and Isaiah it means to leave something behind or give it up. A city can be "abandoned and forsaken" like a wilderness, and the psalmist prays that God will not abandon his soul to the nether-world. Interpretation: The tradition reads the psalm as trust that God will not leave His faithful one to death. It reads Isaiah's empty city as a picture of a place left desolate after judgment. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and animal care, abandoning pets is cruel and against the law; rescue centres care for abandoned animals. In sport, matches are abandoned for bad weather. In history and stories villages, castles and ships are abandoned, and abandoned buildings are unsafe for children to explore. Phrases: «abandon ship», «abandoned car», «abandoned building», «dance with abandon».
examples
- As a matter of fact, he himself abandons the division of the letters into three parts, and rearranges them in a twofold division, one of ten and one of twelve letters. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to the nether-world; neither wilt Thou suffer Thy godly one to see the pit. (Writings PSA.16.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation abandoned and forsaken, like the wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. (Prophets ISA.27.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- They found an abandoned puppy by the road. tree →
- The football match was abandoned because of the storm. tree →
- «Abandon ship!» shouted the captain. tree →
- Never play in abandoned buildings; they can be unsafe. tree →
- We abandoned our picnic when it started to rain. tree →
- The village was abandoned hundreds of years ago. tree →
- Do not abandon your friend when they need help. tree →
- The children danced with wild abandon. tree →
- "A bad fellow, that Ivan! now he's rich, he's abandoned us!" tree →
note
Regular verb: «abandoned» (one n before -ed, no doubling). Noun «abandonment». Formal word; everyday equivalents: «leave», «give up», «stop».
In the corpora
- For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to the nether-world; neither wilt Thou suffer Thy godly one to see the pit.
- Most birds will not abandon a chick because a person has touched it.
- A fawn or young hare alone in a field is not abandoned; its mother leaves it hidden and comes back to feed it.
- Abandoning a pet is cruel and against the law.
- Many southern cities were abandoned around 1,100 years ago, probably because of droughts, wars and too many people for the land.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «abandon» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.