vulture

«vulture» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a large bird with a bald or nearly bald head that eats… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a vulture, vultures)

meaning for a pupil

1) A vulture is a large bird with a bald or nearly bald head that eats the meat of dead animals. tree →

2) (informal) A vulture is a person who waits to take advantage of someone else's trouble or bad luck. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Leviticus and Deuteronomy several kinds of vulture are in the list of birds that may not be eaten. In Job and the prophets the vulture is a bird that flies high and swoops on its prey, used as a picture of swift attack. Interpretation: They are among the unclean birds, which are birds of prey. These lists are part of the laws of kashrut, the rules of what Jews may eat. In the primary lessons: In science lessons vultures are scavengers: they clean up dead animals, which stops diseases spreading, so they are important in food chains. They soar high on warm air currents and find food by sight or smell. Many vulture species are in danger because of poison. In stories and news, «like vultures» describes people crowding round to grab something. Phrases: «circling like vultures», «culture vulture» (someone who loves arts, joking).

examples

• and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture, and the cormorant; (Torah DEU.14.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture; (Torah LEV.11.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray; (Torah DEU.14.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• Doth the vulture mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? (Writings JOB.39.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• They are passed away as the swift ships; as the vulture that swoopeth on the prey. (Writings JOB.9.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• For thus saith the LORD: Behold, he shall swoop as a vulture, and shall spread out his wings against Moab. (Prophets JER.48.40, JPS 1917) tree →
• Vultures circled high over the savannah. tree →
• A vulture's bald head stays clean when it feeds. tree →
• Vultures are nature's clean-up crew. tree →
• Without vultures, dead animals would spread disease. tree →
• The condor is a kind of New World vulture. tree →
• As soon as the shop closed, buyers came like vultures for the cheap stock. tree →
• My aunt is a real culture vulture — she visits every museum. tree →
• The Vulture thought this reasonable, and let Lambikin pass. tree →

note

Plural «vultures». Spelling: vul-ture. Trap: vultures rarely kill animals; they mostly eat ones already dead. Old-world vultures (Africa, Europe, Asia) and new-world vultures (Americas) look alike but are not close relatives.

In the corpora

• and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture;
• But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray;
• and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture, and the cormorant;
• For thus saith the LORD: Behold, he shall swoop as a vulture, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
• As a vulture he cometh against the house of the LORD; because they have transgressed My covenant, and trespassed against My law.

Trees and pragmatics

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