skull

«skull» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the hard bony frame of the head that protects the brain — 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

noun (a skull, skulls)

meaning for a pupil

1) The skull is the hard bony frame of the head that protects the brain. tree →

2) A skull with crossed bones is a sign of danger or poison, and on old flags of pirates. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Judges tells how a woman broke Abimelech's skull with a millstone. Second Kings tells how little was left of Jezebel after dogs ate her, as Elijah foretold. Interpretation: Tradition sees both as punishment that fits the crime. In the primary lessons: In science, the skull is part of the skeleton; it protects the brain, eyes and ears; a baby's skull has soft spots that close as it grows. In safety lessons, helmets protect the skull and brain on bikes and scooters. The skull and crossbones on a bottle means poison: do not touch. Phrases: skull and crossbones, thick skull.

examples

• And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull. (Prophets JDG.9.53, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. (Prophets 2KI.9.35, JPS 1917) tree →
• The skull protects your brain. tree →
• Wear a helmet to protect your skull. tree →
• We saw a dinosaur skull at the museum. tree →
• A skull and crossbones on a bottle means poison. tree →
• The pirate flag had a skull on it. tree →
• Your skull is made of several bones joined together. tree →
• The doctor looked at an X-ray of his skull. tree →
• A baby's skull has soft spots. tree →
• So they carried the skull into the sitting-room. tree →

note

Countable. Rhymes with dull. Do not confuse with scull (an oar for rowing). An adult skull has about 22 bones that are joined together.

In the corpora

• And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.
• The jaguar has the strongest bite for its size of any big cat and can crack turtle shells and caiman skulls.
• Pull it apart with tweezers and you can count the skulls of the mice and voles it ate.
• The skull has 22 bones: 8 around the brain and 14 in the face, joined by zigzag seams called sutures.
• About 15,000 years ago, at Mezhyrich in Ukraine, people built round huts from mammoth jaws, skulls, tusks and long bones.

Trees and pragmatics

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