thorn
part of speech
noun (a thorn, thorns)
meaning for a pupil
1) A thorn is a sharp, pointed part on the stem of a plant like a rose or bramble. tree →
2) A thorn is a plant or bush with thorns, like a hawthorn. tree →
3) «A thorn in your side» means a person or thing that keeps annoying or troubling you. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A sharp, pointed part of a plant, or a bush that has them. The Song of Songs compares a beloved to a lily among thorns, and the prophets use thorns for land left wild and ruined. In the primary lessons: In science, thorns protect plants from being eaten by animals. In safety, thorns can scratch, and gardening gloves help. In stories and fairy tales, like Sleeping Beauty, a forest of thorns keeps people out. Phrases: «a thorn in my side», «every rose has its thorn», «thorn bush».
examples
- If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. (Torah EXO.22.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. (Writings SNG.2.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- Fury is not in Me; would that I were as the briers and thorns in flame! (Prophets ISA.27.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- With arrows and with bow shall one come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. (Prophets ISA.7.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- I pricked my finger on a rose thorn. tree →
- The thorns protect the plant from goats. tree →
- Wear gloves when you pick blackberries because of the thorns. tree →
- A thorn got stuck in the dog's paw. tree →
- The castle was hidden behind a wall of thorns. tree →
- The hawthorn tree has long thorns. tree →
- That noisy neighbour is a thorn in my side. tree →
- Mum pulled the thorn out with tweezers. tree →
- A LION, roaming through a forest, trod upon a thorn. tree →
note
Countable: a thorn, thorns. Strictly, botanists say roses have «prickles», not true thorns, but in everyday English «thorn» is fine. Do not confuse with «torn» (ripped) or «throne» (a king's chair).
In the corpora
- Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
- But the ungodly, they are as thorns thrust away, all of them, for they cannot be taken with the hand;
- With arrows and with bow shall one come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
- Fury is not in Me; would that I were as the briers and thorns in flame!
- And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime; as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «thorn» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.