corrupted
part of speech
adjective (corrupted); verb (corrupt, corrupts, corrupted, corrupting — corrupted is the past form)
meaning for a pupil
1) (computing) A corrupted file or piece of data has been damaged, so it cannot open or works wrongly. tree →
2) Corrupted means made dishonest or morally bad, especially by money or power. tree →
3) A corrupted word or text has been changed from its original form, often by mistake. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means that all people had ruined their ways of living on the earth. The prophets and the poets also use it for spoiled water, and for people who have spoiled the covenant or themselves. Interpretation: The rabbis taught that even animals had been corrupted, which is why the flood reached all flesh. Malachi's charge that priests "corrupted the covenant of Levi" is read as a rebuke of those who taught wrongly. In the primary lessons: In everyday computer use: «the file is corrupted» means it is broken; keep backups. In stories and history, a hero or ruler can be corrupted by power or greed. In language lessons, many place names are corrupted forms of older words. Phrases: «a corrupted file», «corrupted by power», «corrupted data».
examples
- And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. (Torah GEN.6.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked. (Writings PRO.25.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their iniquity, He will punish their sins. (Prophets HOS.9.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. (Prophets MAL.2.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- My game save got corrupted, and I lost all my progress. tree →
- The photos were corrupted when the memory card was pulled out. tree →
- In the story, the good king was corrupted by greed. tree →
- Power corrupted the leader, and he began to lie. tree →
- The name of the town is a corrupted form of an old Viking word. tree →
- A virus corrupted files on the school computer. tree →
note
Adjective corrupt (a corrupt official = dishonest, takes bribes) is the usual adjective for people; corrupted is used for files and for something that has been changed for the worse. Nouns: corruption.
In the corpora
- And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
- They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their iniquity, He will punish their sins.
- As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «corrupted» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.