roar

«roar» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to make a very loud, deep sound like a lion — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (roar, roars, roared, roaring); noun (a roar, roars)

meaning for a pupil

1) To roar is to make a very loud, deep sound like a lion. tree →

2) A roar is that loud, deep sound, or the loud noise of a crowd, engine, wind or sea. tree →

3) To roar with laughter is to laugh very loudly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used of lions and of God's voice, as in Amos, where the roaring lion is a sign of danger and of God's warning. Interpretation: Tradition reads the lion's roar as the prophet's call, since when God speaks the prophet cannot stay silent. In the primary lessons: In science and nature lessons lions and tigers roar; in stories dragons and monsters roar. In everyday life crowds roar at matches and engines roar. Phrases: «roar with laughter», «the roar of the crowd», «a roaring fire».

examples

• The lion hath roared, who will not fear? (Prophets AMO.3.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? (Prophets AMO.3.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. (Writings PSA.104.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• The lion roared at the zoo. tree →
• The crowd roared when we scored. tree →
• We heard the roar of the waterfall. tree →
• Dad roared with laughter at the joke. tree →
• The plane roared over our heads. tree →
• We sat by a roaring fire. tree →
• The dragon gave a terrible roar. tree →

note

Past: «roared». Do not confuse with «raw» (uncooked), which sounds similar in many accents. «A roaring success» means a very big success.

In the corpora

• They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps.
• Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey?
• The lion hath roared, who will not fear?
• Though the waters thereof roar and foam, though the mountains shake at the swelling thereof.
• Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; they have set up their own signs for signs.

Trees and pragmatics

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