snuff

«snuff» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to put out its flame, often by pressing it or covering it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (snuff, snuffs, snuffed, snuffing; snuff out); noun (snuff — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) To snuff (or snuff out) a candle is to put out its flame, often by pressing it or covering it. tree →

2) To snuff out something is to stop it or end it suddenly: they snuffed out the fire, the rain snuffed out our hopes. tree →

3) Snuff is tobacco ground into powder that some people sniff up the nose; it is harmful. tree →

4) (informal) «Up to snuff» means good enough. tree →

5) (rude, slang) «Snuff it» means to die. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The word does not appear in the texts in this form. The related word "snuffers" names Temple tools. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and stories you snuff out candles, flames and fires. In history stories, rich people carried snuff boxes. In safety lessons snuff is a tobacco product that harms health. Phrases: snuff out a candle, snuff out a fire, up to snuff, snuff it.

examples

• Please snuff out the candles before you go to bed. tree →
• The firefighters quickly snuffed out the fire. tree →
• She used a little metal cap to snuff the flame. tree →
• The old man took a pinch of snuff from a silver box. tree →
• Your homework is not up to snuff, so please do it again. tree →
• The goldfish finally snuffed it, said my cheeky brother. tree →
• The rain snuffed out the campfire. tree →
• On the mound sat the Cricket and took snuff. tree →

note

«Snuff» as tobacco is uncountable: some snuff, a pinch of snuff. «Snuff it» is a rough, joking way to say «die» — not polite to use about real people. Do not mix up with «sniff» (breathe in through your nose to smell) or «stuff».

In the corpora

• A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; her lust, who can hinder it?

Trees and pragmatics

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