shock
part of speech
noun (a shock, shocks; shock, uncountable in medicine); verb (shock, shocks, shocked, shocking)
meaning for a pupil
1) A shock is a sudden surprise, usually an unpleasant one, that upsets you. tree →
2) An electric shock is the painful jolt you feel when electricity goes through your body. tree →
3) In medicine, shock is a dangerous state after a serious injury or fright when the body is very weak. tree →
4) A shock can be a sudden strong bump or shake, like the shock of an earthquake. tree →
5) To shock someone means to surprise and upset them, or make them think something is very wrong. tree →
6) A shock of hair is a thick messy mass of it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A shock of corn is a stack of cut grain. Job says a good man will come to his grave in ripe age, like a shock of corn gathered in its season. Samson's foxes burned the Philistines' shocks and standing corn. Interpretation: The tradition reads Job's comparison as a picture of a full, timely life that ends when it is ripe. In the primary lessons: Safety: electric shocks from sockets, plugs with wet hands, damaged cables, fallen power lines and pylons can kill; never poke things into sockets. In first aid, a person in shock may be pale, cold and sweaty; keep them warm and still, and call for help. In stories a shock is a twist that surprises the reader. Phrases: «in shock», «a big shock», «electric shock», «shock absorbers», «it came as a shock».
examples
- If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. (Torah EXO.22.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season. (Writings JOB.5.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- And when he had set the torches on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing corn, and also the oliveyards. (Prophets JDG.15.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- It was a shock when our teacher said she was leaving. tree →
- Never touch a socket with wet hands or you could get an electric shock. tree →
- The news shocked the whole town. tree →
- After the crash, the driver was in shock. tree →
- I got a small shock of static from the door handle. tree →
- The ending of the story was a real shock. tree →
- Bikes have shock absorbers to make the ride smoother. tree →
- He had a shock of red hair. tree →
- The shock was too much for him. tree →
note
Adjectives: «shocked» (how you feel) and «shocking» (what causes it). A little static shock from a carpet or trampoline is harmless; a shock from mains electricity is dangerous. «Shocked» does not always mean scared; it means very surprised and often upset.
In the corpora
- Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.
- A parent may sound sharp for a second from shock; that is about the shock, not about the child being bad.
- Art can aim to be beautiful, but also to shock, ask questions, make people laugh or remember something.
- Japan has strict earthquake rules, and many buildings have flexible frames or shock-absorbing bases that let them move without breaking.
- A real electric shock makes muscles jump and can stop the heart; it does not just make hair stand up like in cartoons.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «shock» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.