buzzing

«buzzing» in Mova's judaism dictionary: making a low humming sound like a bee or fly — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (buzz, buzzes, buzzed, buzzing); adjective (buzzing); noun (buzzing — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Buzzing is making a low humming sound like a bee or fly. tree →

2) Buzzing means full of activity, noise and excitement: The hall was buzzing. tree →

3) In British and Irish slang, buzzing means very happy and excited. tree →

4) Buzzing someone in means pressing a button to open a door for them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Isaiah the "land of the buzzing of wings" is a far land beyond Ethiopia, perhaps for its swarms of insects or its many ships and sails. Interpretation: Commentators read it as a distant nation whose messengers God notices. They see the prophecy as God's rule over all peoples, even the faraway ones. In the primary lessons: In nature lessons, bees and flies make a buzzing sound by beating their wings very fast. In science, a buzzer in a circuit makes a buzzing noise. In stories, a buzzing crowd is lively. Phrases: buzzing with, buzzing around, buzz someone in.

examples

• Ah, land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; (Prophets ISA.18.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Bees were buzzing around the flowers. tree →
• I heard a fly buzzing at the window. tree →
• The playground was buzzing with excitement. tree →
• My phone is buzzing in my pocket. tree →
• We made the buzzer in our circuit start buzzing. tree →
• She was buzzing after winning the race. tree →
• Press the button and they will buzz you in. tree →
• Hark, what a buzzing and humming there is!" tree →

note

It is the -ing form of buzz (double z, add -ing). The noun is buzz: the buzz of bees. Buzz is an onomatopoeia: the word sounds like the noise. Safety: stay calm near buzzing bees and wasps, don't swat at them.

In the corpora

• Ah, land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
• Brass players buzz their lips into the mouthpiece; blowing without buzzing gives just a hiss.
• What elephants really fear is the buzzing of angry bees, which can sting the soft skin inside the trunk and round the eyes.

Trees and pragmatics

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