gadfly

«gadfly» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a large fly that bites cattle and horses — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (gadflies)

meaning for a pupil

1) A gadfly is a large fly that bites cattle and horses. tree →

2) (informal) A gadfly is a person who keeps pestering and stirring others up. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Jeremiah uses it for a biting insect from the north, a picture of an enemy army that comes to attack Egypt. Interpretation: The tradition reads the "north" as Babylon, which Jeremiah says will strike down proud Egypt. In the primary lessons: in old stories, an insect that stings a horse until it runs wild; in talk, a nagging person

examples

• Egypt is a very fair heifer; but the gadfly out of the north is come, it is come. (Prophets JER.46.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• The gadfly stung the cow, and it ran off. tree →
• A gadfly buzzed round the horse's head. tree →
• My cousin is a gadfly who never stops teasing. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Egypt is a very fair heifer; but the gadfly out of the north is come, it is come.

Trees and pragmatics

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