snort

«snort» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to push air out loudly through your nose, making a rough… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (snort, snorts, snorted, snorting); noun (a snort, snorts)

meaning for a pupil

1) To snort is to push air out loudly through your nose, making a rough sound. tree →

2) People snort when they laugh suddenly or to show they do not believe or like something. tree →

3) Animals like pigs and horses snort. tree →

4) (slang, drugs) To snort a drug is to sniff a powder up the nose; this is dangerous and illegal. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Tanakh snorting is the loud breath of a horse. Job describes the war horse whose snorting is terrible, a picture of its power and pride. Interpretation: The tradition reads this as one of the pictures of God's creatures that show His great power and wisdom to Job. In the primary lessons: In stories, "she snorted" shows a character is laughing in surprise or is scornful ("Huh! As if!"). In nature lessons, horses snort to clear their noses and show feelings. In safety lessons older pupils learn that drugs can be snorted and that this is very harmful. Phrases: "snort with laughter", "give a snort", "snort in disgust".

examples

• He covered them like a pavement, and poured upon tliein snort', and the earth was formed." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• The glory of his snorting is terrible. (Writings JOB.39.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• The pig snorted as it searched for food. tree →
• Tom snorted with laughter and milk came out of his nose. tree →
• "You? Win the race?" she snorted. tree →
• The horse snorted and stamped its hoof. tree →
• Dad gave a snort when he saw the price. tree →
• The bull snorted and lowered its head. tree →
• “Because we’re told to,” said the troop-horse, with a snort of contempt. tree →

note

Regular verb: snorted. Countable noun: a snort. When writing dialogue, "snorted" is a good word instead of "said" to show disbelief or a sudden laugh. Do not confuse with "snore", the noise when you sleep.

In the corpora

• Mice do not crawl up elephant trunks; the trunk's strong muscles could blow anything out with a huge snort.
• The Mole climbed in eagerly; the Rat only snorted and stayed outside.

Trees and pragmatics

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