brandish

«brandish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to wave or shake a weapon or object in the air, to show… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (brandish, brandishes, brandished, brandishing)

meaning for a pupil

To brandish is to wave or shake a weapon or object in the air, to show it off or to threaten. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To wave a weapon. In the primary lessons: in stories a hero brandishes a sword or a whip before a fight

examples

• The knight brandished his sword. tree →
• The coachman brandished his whip. tree →
• She brandished a burning torch. tree →
• Don't brandish that stick at your brother. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «brandish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.