bereft
part of speech
adjective (formal; used with 'of')
meaning for a pupil
Left without something important, such as a loved one or a friend. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Isaiah pictures Jerusalem as a widow sitting on the ground in mourning, a picture tradition uses for the city after its fall. In the primary lessons: a mother, lover or king who has lost a child or partner
examples
- And her gates shall lament and mourn; and utterly bereft she shall sit upon the ground. (Prophets ISA.3.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- The stout-hearted are bereft of sense, they sleep their sleep; and none of the men of might have found their hands. (Writings PSA.76.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- The king was bereft of his only daughter. tree →
- The dog, bereft of its owner, waited at the gate. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bereft» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.