prance

«prance» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to move in a lively, showy way, lifting the feet high… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (prances, pranced, prancing)

meaning for a pupil

To prance is to move in a lively, showy way, lifting the feet high, like a proud horse or a boastful person. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To prance means to leap about proudly like a horse. The prophets use it for enemy horses and war chariots racing into battle. Interpretation: Tradition reads these scenes as warnings that mighty armies, like Assyria's and Egypt's, cannot stand against God's plan. In the primary lessons: in tales of horses, soldiers and knights moving in a proud or showy way.

examples

• Hark! the whip, and hark! the rattling of the wheels; and prancing horses, and bounding chariots; (Prophets NAM.3.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• Prance, ye horses, and rush madly, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield, and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow. (Prophets JER.46.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• He pranced around, holding his head high. tree →
• The horses pranced along in armour. tree →
• The peacock came prancing across the lawn. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

In the corpora

• Hark! the whip, and hark! the rattling of the wheels; and prancing horses, and bounding chariots;

Trees and pragmatics

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