gnash

«gnash» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to grind the teeth together hard, often in anger or pain — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (gnash, gnashes, gnashed, gnashing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To gnash is to grind the teeth together hard, often in anger or pain. tree →

2) (in fairy tales) To gnash the teeth is to show rage or fear by clenching and grinding them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To grind the teeth in anger or hatred. In the Psalms and Job it is something enemies do to the speaker. Interpretation: The tradition reads the gnashing as the fury of the wicked toward the righteous. It is a sign of their power that will pass. In the primary lessons: a sign of rage or fear in a story; a villain or monster gnashes its teeth when it is angry or cheated

examples

• With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth. (Writings PSA.35.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• The wicked shall see it, and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish. (Writings PSA.112.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• He hath torn me in His wrath, and hated me; He hath gnashed upon me with His teeth; mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me. (Writings JOB.16.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• The witch began gnashing her teeth. tree →
• The wolf gnashed his teeth in fury. tree →
• When she saw the trap, the giant gnashed his teeth. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.
• The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth at him with his teeth.

Trees and pragmatics

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