elbow

«elbow» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the joint in the middle of your arm where it bends — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an elbow, elbows); verb (elbow, elbows, elbowed, elbowing)

meaning for a pupil

1) Your elbow is the joint in the middle of your arm where it bends. tree →

2) To elbow someone means to push them with your elbow. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Ezekiel, women sew cushions for every elbow, meaning they used fake magic charms to trap souls, and the prophet condemns this. In the primary lessons: In science the elbow is a hinge joint that lets the arm bend one way, like a door. In health, you should cough or sneeze into your elbow, not your hands, to stop germs spreading. In manners, «Keep your elbows off the table» is an old table rule. In sport, elbowing another player is a foul. In everyday life you «elbow your way» through a crowd (pushing rudely). «Elbow room» means space to move.

examples

• and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the women that sew cushions upon all elbows, and make pads for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! (Prophets EZK.13.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• Sneeze into your elbow, not your hands. tree →
• I fell off my bike and grazed my elbow. tree →
• Your elbow is a hinge joint. tree →
• Please keep your elbows off the table. tree →
• He elbowed me in the queue! tree →
• She leaned her elbows on the desk. tree →
• There's no elbow room on this crowded bus. tree →
• Hardly had he spoken these words, when the Swede raised himself on his elbow. tree →

note

Countable: an elbow (an, because it starts with a vowel sound). Regular verb: elbowed. The «funny bone» is in the elbow; it is not a bone but a nerve that tingles when knocked. Elbowing people is rude and can be a foul in sport.

In the corpora

• Small shakes are normal; artists draw lightly with many strokes from the shoulder and elbow, then darken the line they like.
• Muscles can only pull, never push, so they work in pairs: the biceps bends the elbow and the triceps straightens it.
• The door opens inwards and Alice's elbow is pressed against it, so the Rabbit cannot open it.
• Wrist guards, elbow pads, knee pads and a helmet protect the parts that hit the ground in a fall.
• Sneezes spray germs a long way, so you sneeze into a tissue or your elbow, not your hands.

Trees and pragmatics

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