stubble
part of speech
noun (stubble — uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Stubble is the short, rough hairs that grow on a man's face when he has not shaved for a day or a few days. tree →
2) Stubble is the short, stiff stalks left standing in a field after a crop like wheat has been cut. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The dry stalks are used as a poor substitute for straw in Egypt, when Pharaoh made the Israelite slaves harder to work. In the Song at the Sea, God's anger burns up Egypt's army like stubble. In Job it is a picture of something weak and easily driven away, as when Job asks if God will pursue dry stubble, and the crocodile counts clubs as stubble. Interpretation: Stubble stands in the tradition for the powerless, who cannot stand before God's wrath, and for the wicked who are burned up like it. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, children notice Dad's stubble feeling scratchy. In farming and geography lessons, stubble is left in fields after the harvest, and some farmers plough it in. In stories, stubble on a character's chin often shows he is tired, busy or has not cared for himself. Phrases: «a bit of stubble», «designer stubble», «a stubble field».
examples
- So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. (Torah EXO.5.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble. (Torah EXO.15.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble? (Writings JOB.13.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble. (Writings JOB.41.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin. (Writings JOB.41.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Dad's stubble is scratchy when he kisses me goodnight. tree →
- After the harvest, the field was full of golden stubble. tree →
- The detective rubbed the stubble on his chin. tree →
- Some men keep a little stubble on purpose. tree →
- We walked carefully across the stubble in the field. tree →
- Birds were pecking for seeds among the stubble. tree →
- Grandpa had stubble after the camping trip. tree →
- But the corn had been gone a long time; only the dry, bare stubble was left standing in the frozen ground. tree →
note
Uncountable: «some stubble», not «a stubble». Adjective: «stubbly». Stubble is shorter than a «beard».
In the corpora
- So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
- Ye conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
- Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
- For though they be like tangled thorns, and be drunken according to their drink, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
- O my God, make them like the whirling dust; as stubble before the wind.
Trees and pragmatics
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