giant
part of speech
noun (a giant, giants); adjective
meaning for a pupil
1) In stories, a giant is an imaginary person who is enormously big and strong. tree →
2) Giant (adjective) means very, very large. tree →
3) A giant is a person, company or thing that is very important or successful, like a giant of science. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A very tall and strong person. The Philistine giants of Gath were killed by David and his men. Job uses it for a strong attacker. Interpretation: The tradition connects such giants to the Rephaim and to Goliath's family. The story of David stresses that faith in God can beat the strongest enemy. In the primary lessons: In stories and fairy tales (Jack and the Beanstalk, The BFG), giants are usually huge and scary or sometimes kind; they tell the reader about size, danger and courage. In science, there are giant animals and plants: blue whales, giant pandas, giant tortoises, giant squid, giant sequoias; Jupiter is a gas giant. «Giant's Causeway» in Northern Ireland is made of rock columns. Phrases: «a giant step», «giant panda», «gentle giant», «gas giant», «on the shoulders of giants».
examples
- He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant. (Writings JOB.16.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants. (Writings 1CH.20.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. (Prophets 2SA.21.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- The giant lived in a castle above the clouds. tree →
- A blue whale is a giant of the sea. tree →
- We saw a giant tortoise at the zoo. tree →
- That's a giant sandwich! tree →
- Jupiter is a gas giant. tree →
- The friendly dog is a gentle giant. tree →
- Learning to read was a giant step for my sister. tree →
- The Giant's Causeway is in Northern Ireland. tree →
- 'Greater than who?' asked the giant. tree →
note
Plural giants. Pronounced «JY-ant». Giants in stories are not real; very tall real people are just tall. «Gigantic» is the adjective meaning extremely large.
In the corpora
- He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.
- These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
- Chatbots run on giant computers in data centres; the words appearing one by one is just how the answer is shown.
- In the 1933 film King Kong the giant gorilla was a small model moved by hand a tiny bit at a time.
- Wetlands soak up flood water like giant sponges and let it out slowly, and reed roots trap mud and clean the water.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «giant» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.