awe
part of speech
noun (awe, uncountable); verb (awe, awes, awed, awing)
meaning for a pupil
1) A strong feeling of wonder and respect, sometimes with a little fear, when you see something huge, beautiful or powerful. tree →
2) (verb) To fill someone with awe: «The mountains awed us.» tree →
3) (church) The deep respect and wonder people of faith feel before God; Christians speak of «awe and wonder». tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and RE lessons, «awe and wonder» describes the feeling of looking at stars, mountains or a newborn baby. In The Wind in the Willows, in the chapter «The Piper at the Gates of Dawn», Mole feels «a great Awe» when he and Ratty meet Pan, the Friend and Helper, on the island. Phrases: «in awe of», «stand in awe», «awe-inspiring», «awestruck».
examples
- We stood in awe at the edge of the Grand Canyon. tree →
- The little children were in awe of the big footballers. tree →
- Mole felt a great awe fall upon him. tree →
- The night sky filled her with awe. tree →
- The cathedral was awe-inspiring. tree →
- He was too awed to speak. tree →
- In assembly we talked about awe and wonder. tree →
- In awe and amazement the village was dumb. tree →
note
Uncountable: «filled with awe». Awe is the root of awful (once meaning «full of awe», now «very bad») and awesome (now «great» in slang). Homophones: awe / or / oar in many accents.
In the corpora
- The book says carefully that this is NOT panic, but awe.
- And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in awe of him.
- Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
- Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of Thy words.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «awe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.