stout
part of speech
adjective (stout, stouter, stoutest); noun (stout — a dark beer)
meaning for a pupil
1) Rather fat or heavy in body (a polite word). tree →
2) Strong and thick: stout boots, a stout stick. tree →
3) Brave and firm: a stout defender. tree →
4) (noun) A strong, very dark beer. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Stout-hearted" means stubborn or hard of heart, not brave. It describes people far from doing right. Interpretation: Isaiah's words are read as a rebuke to proud people who will not listen. In the psalm, even strong people are helpless before God. In the primary lessons: In stories an older character may be described as short and stout. For safety outdoors, stout boots protect your feet. In poems and songs: «I'm a little teapot, short and stout». Phrases: short and stout, stout boots, stout heart.
examples
- Hearken unto Me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness: (Prophets ISA.46.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- The stout-hearted are bereft of sense, they sleep their sleep; and none of the men of might have found their hands. (Writings PSA.76.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- I'm a little teapot, short and stout. tree →
- Wear stout shoes for the hike. tree →
- He leaned on a stout wooden stick. tree →
- The stout old man puffed up the hill. tree →
- They put up a stout defence and won the match. tree →
- In Ireland, stout is a popular drink for adults. tree →
- A great stout man was Palle Dyre. tree →
note
Stout is a more polite way of saying fat. The beer sense is for adults. Comparative stouter, superlative stoutest.
In the corpora
- Hearken unto Me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:
- A horse comes along the tow-path pulling a barge, steered by a big stout woman in a sun-bonnet.
- "Stout" is an old-fashioned word for fat.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «stout» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.