lye
part of speech
noun (lye, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Lye is a very strong chemical, an alkali, used to make soap and to clean drains. tree →
2) Lye can burn skin and eyes badly, so it is dangerous. tree →
3) In old Slavic words, lye meant a forest, as in the wood-demon named Lyeshy. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is a strong cleaning substance used to purify metal by taking out the impurities. Interpretation: Isaiah says God will purify Jerusalem as a smith cleans silver. Tradition reads this as God punishing in order to cleanse. In the primary lessons: In science and history lessons about how soap was made from fat and lye; in safety lessons it is a household danger that must be locked away. Phrases: «lye soap», «caustic lye».
examples
- And I will turn My hand upon thee, and purge away thy dross as with lye, and will take away all thine alloy; (Prophets ISA.1.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- People once made soap from animal fat and lye. tree →
- Lye is so strong it can burn your skin. tree →
- Drain cleaners often contain lye. tree →
- Never touch lye without gloves and goggles. tree →
- Lye is used to make pretzels shiny and brown. tree →
- Pioneers made lye from wood ash and water. tree →
- Keep lye locked away from children. tree →
- Lye is an alkali, the opposite of an acid. tree →
- The name Leshy or Lyeshy is derived from lyes, a forest. tree →
note
Uncountable. Homophone: «lye» sounds the same as «lie» (to say something untrue, or to rest flat). Safety: if lye touches skin, rinse with lots of water and tell an adult straight away.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «lye» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.