beholding

«beholding» in Mova's school dictionary: Looking at; seeing, especially something wonderful or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

the -ing form of the verb behold (behold, beholds, beheld, beholding — old); noun (beholding — rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) (old, literary) Looking at; seeing, especially something wonderful or surprising. tree →

2) (Bible) «Behold» = look! see! tree →

3) Beholden means owing thanks to someone because they helped you. tree →

sense in the lessons

Found in the Bible («Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy»), poems, carols and old stories. «Beholder» is in the saying «Beauty is in the eye of the beholder». It tells the reader a sight is important or wondrous.

examples

• The shepherds stood beholding the angel. tree →
• Beholding the sea for the first time, she gasped. tree →
• «Behold, a virgin shall conceive,» says the Bible. tree →
• Mole stood beholding the river in wonder. tree →
• The crowd stood beholding the fireworks. tree →
• Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. tree →
• "Oh, Ivan," said the merchants, "we are beholding to you; but for you we would have been lost men. tree →

note

Old-fashioned; today say «looking at» or «seeing». Irregular: behold, beheld. Do not confuse with «beholden» (owing someone a favour).

In the corpora

• Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, and quicken me in Thy ways.

Trees and pragmatics

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