degenerate

«degenerate» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to get worse, falling from a good state into a worse one — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (degenerate, degenerates, degenerated, degenerating); adjective (degenerate)

meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To degenerate is to get worse, falling from a good state into a worse one. tree →

2) (adjective) Degenerate means having fallen to a lower or worse state than before. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it describes a vine that has turned wild and bad, showing how Israel fell away from the good stock God planted. Interpretation: Jeremiah uses the picture of a noble vine gone wrong to show Israel's fall from loyalty to God. Tradition reads it as a call to return. In the primary lessons: in lessons, a plan or a game degenerates into nonsense; in old tales, a degenerate creature has lost its good qualities

examples

• Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto Me? (Prophets JER.2.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• The game degenerated into a shouting match. tree →
• Over the years the castle degenerated into ruins. tree →
• The degenerate creature had lost all its old strength. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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