dart
part of speech
noun (dart, darts); verb (dart, darts, darted, darting)
meaning for a pupil
1) A dart is a small pointed object you throw at a round board in a game called darts. tree →
2) A dart is a small sharp arrow, often blown or shot. tree →
3) To dart is to move suddenly and very quickly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A short light spear or javelin used as a weapon. Joab used three of them to kill Absalom. In the primary lessons: In everyday life «darts» is a pub and home game with a dartboard; scores are numbers. In stories animals dart away from danger. Phrases: «play darts», «dart across», «dart away», «dart a look».
examples
- If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft. (Writings JOB.41.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then said Joab: 'I may not tarry thus with thee.' And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the terebinth. (Prophets 2SA.18.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- A mouse darted across the kitchen floor. tree →
- Fish darted between the rocks. tree →
- My uncle plays darts every Friday. tree →
- The dart hit the middle of the board. tree →
- She darted out of the room. tree →
- Never throw darts near other people. tree →
- The rabbit darted into its hole. tree →
note
Safety: darts are sharp; only adults should play, and never throw towards people. «Darts» (the game) takes a singular verb: «Darts is fun». In maths, dartboards give scoring problems: doubles and trebles mean multiply the number by 2 or 3.
In the corpora
- In 2022 the DART spacecraft bumped into an asteroid and changed its path, a test of how to protect Earth.
- Sparrowhawks hunt garden birds by surprise, darting low along hedges, and the female is about twice as heavy as the male.
Trees and pragmatics
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