sapling
part of speech
noun (a sapling, saplings)
meaning for a pupil
1) A young tree with a thin trunk. tree →
2) (literary) A young person, especially a slim young man. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Isaiah says God's servant grows like a weak young plant from dry ground, with no looks to attract anyone. Interpretation: Jewish tradition often reads this servant as the people Israel, humble and despised, and some medieval writers took it as the Messiah. In the primary lessons: In science and nature lessons saplings grow from seeds and become trees; schools plant saplings on tree-planting days. In stories a sapling stands for youth and new life. Phrases: «plant a sapling», «oak sapling».
examples
- For he shot up right forth as a sapling, and as a root out of a dry ground; he had no form nor comeliness, that we should look upon him, nor beauty that we should delight in him. (Prophets ISA.53.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- We planted an oak sapling in the school garden. tree →
- The sapling was tied to a stick so the wind would not bend it. tree →
- Deer eat the bark of young saplings. tree →
- In ten years the sapling will be a big tree. tree →
- The storm snapped the little sapling. tree →
- Each class planted a sapling for Arbor Day. tree →
- ‘When first I came hither,’ said he, ‘the plain was bare save for one oak sapling, which grew up to be an oak with a hundred branches. tree →
note
Countable: saplings. Smaller than a tree, bigger than a seedling. In maths problems: if 30 saplings are planted in 5 equal rows, there are 6 in each row.
Trees and pragmatics
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