kid
part of speech
noun (kid, kids); verb (kid, kids, kidded, kidding)
meaning for a pupil
1) A kid is a child or a young person. tree →
2) A kid is a young goat. tree →
3) To kid is to joke or tease in a friendly way; «just kidding» means «I was joking». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A young goat, used in this sense in the Torah; it was a common animal for meals and offerings. Interpretation: The command not to boil a kid in its mother's milk is the root of the Jewish rule to keep meat and milk apart, which the rabbis understood to cover all meat and dairy. In the primary lessons: people counted: kids at camp, at school, or going home; «kid» is an everyday, friendly word, while «child» is more formal; phrases «just kidding», «are you kidding?», «kids' menu»
examples
- Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk. (Torah EXO.23.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.' (Torah EXO.34.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck. (Torah GEN.27.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD: 'I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee.' (Prophets JDG.13.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. (Prophets 1SA.16.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock and feed thy kids, beside the shepherds' tents. (Writings SNG.1.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- There were 30 kids at camp. tree →
- 18 kids went home. tree →
- Each kid got 2 apples. tree →
- How many kids stayed at camp? tree →
- The kids played soccer after school. tree →
- The goat had two kids in the spring. tree →
- I'm just kidding, I didn't really eat your cake! tree →
- Kids under 5 ride the bus for free. tree →
- Are you kidding? That's amazing! tree →
- She ordered from the kids' menu. tree →
- The Kid knew there was little hope for him. tree →
note
A thing counted. «went home», «left» take away; «each kid got N» gives a rate. Trap: kids at camp and kids at home are separate groups. «Kid» is informal; in writing for school, «child» or «children» is often better. «Kidding» has a double d.
In the corpora
- And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck.
- Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.
- Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.'
- Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.
- Judging a whole group, like «the kids from the flats», from one picture is how prejudice starts.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «kid» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.