sneeze

«sneeze» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to suddenly blow air out through your nose and mouth with… — 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 (sneeze, sneezes, sneezed, sneezing); noun (a sneeze, sneezes)

meaning for a pupil

1) To sneeze means to suddenly blow air out through your nose and mouth with a loud noise, because something tickles inside your nose. tree →

2) A sneeze is the act or sound of sneezing. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In 2 Kings the child sneezes seven times as he comes back to life. Interpretation: Tradition sees it as the sign that Elisha's prayer brought the boy back from death. This is one of the Bible's stories of the dead being revived. In the primary lessons: In health and hygiene, sneezes spread germs a long way, so sneeze into a tissue or your elbow, throw the tissue away and wash your hands («Catch it, bin it, kill it»). Colds, dust, pepper and pollen (hay fever) make people sneeze. In manners, people say «Bless you!» when someone sneezes. In science, sneezing is a reflex: your body does it without you deciding.

examples

• Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him; and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. (Prophets 2KI.4.35, JPS 1917) tree →
• Pepper makes me sneeze. tree →
• Sneeze into your elbow, not your hand. tree →
• «Atishoo!» «Bless you!» tree →
• Pollen makes her sneeze in spring. tree →
• A sneeze can spread germs across a room. tree →
• He sneezed three times in a row. tree →
• Catch it, bin it, kill it: use a tissue when you sneeze. tree →
• It was just as if somebody was sneezing. tree →

note

Regular verb: sneezed, sneezing. The sound is written «atishoo» (UK) or «achoo» (US). Myth: your heart stops when you sneeze — it does not. You cannot sneeze with your eyes open easily, but it is a reflex, not a danger.

In the corpora

• A sneeze is a reflex that blasts air out of the nose and mouth to clear something irritating, like dust or pepper.
• The story that your eyes pop out if you sneeze with them open is not true; closing them is just a reflex.
• Sneezes spray germs a long way, so you sneeze into a tissue or your elbow, not your hands.
• In English-speaking countries people often say «bless you» after a sneeze, and the person says «thank you».
• A sneeze can spray droplets more than two metres, so you catch it in a tissue or your elbow.

Trees and pragmatics

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