headlong
part of speech
adverb; adjective
meaning for a pupil
1) (adverb) Head first, with a fast rush, in a way that is not careful. tree →
2) (adjective) Rushing forward very fast, without thinking first. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Rushing wildly forward without thought. Interpretation: Jeremiah uses the horse rushing into battle to describe a people who will not turn back from sin, and tradition reads it as a call to repent. In the primary lessons: in tales a character rushes or dives in a reckless way; in the lessons it describes a fast, careless movement, e.g. «a headlong rush»
examples
- He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong. (Writings JOB.5.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- I attended and listened, but they spoke not aright; no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying: 'What have I done?' Every one turneth away in his course, as a horse that rusheth headlong in the battle. (Prophets JER.8.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- The giant came headlong down the hill. tree →
- He dived headlong into the lake. tree →
- The children made a headlong dash for the door. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «headlong» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.