hammer
part of speech
noun (a hammer, hammers); verb (hammer, hammers, hammered, hammering)
meaning for a pupil
1) A tool with a heavy metal head on a handle, used for hitting nails into wood. tree →
2) (verb) To hit something with a hammer or hit it hard again and again. tree →
3) (verb) To beat someone easily in a game (informal). tree →
4) A heavy metal ball on a wire thrown in sport (the hammer throw). tree →
5) A small part inside the ear or a piano that hits. tree →
6) Hammer and tongs means working or fighting with great energy and noise. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used for a tool in building and idol making, and as a picture of a mighty ruler who smashes the nations. Babylon is called "the hammer of the whole earth." Interpretation: Tradition reads Jeremiah as showing that even the mightiest empire is only a tool in God's hand and will be broken in time. In the primary lessons: In crafts and woodwork, the hammer is a basic tool; safety: hold the nail carefully, keep fingers clear, wear goggles. In science, a hammer is a simple machine and a force. In everyday talk, rain «hammers» on the roof. Phrases: «hammer in a nail», «hammer on the door», «hammer out an agreement».
examples
- How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! (Prophets JER.50.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers. (Writings PSA.74.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- They deck it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. (Prophets JER.10.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Dad used a hammer to put up the shelf. tree →
- Hold the nail steady and tap it with the hammer. tree →
- The rain hammered on the roof. tree →
- Someone was hammering on the door. tree →
- Our team got hammered 6–0. tree →
- Watch your fingers when you use a hammer. tree →
- The judge banged a small hammer called a gavel. tree →
- “Odds, bobs, hammer and tongs, I hear you.” tree →
note
Countable: hammers. Past: hammered. Double «m». «Hammer» as «beat in a game» is informal.
In the corpora
- They deck it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
- Is not My word like as fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
- How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken!
- And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers.
- Woodpeckers hammer wood up to about 20 times a second to find grubs, dig nests and drum to claim a territory.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hammer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.