gad

«gad» in Mova's school dictionary: to wander from place to place looking for fun or news — 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

verb (gads, gadded, gadding); exclamation (old use)

meaning for a pupil

1) To gad about is to wander from place to place looking for fun or news. tree →

2) «Gad!» is an old mild exclamation of surprise. tree →

3) (old use) A gad is a thin pointed stick used to prod animals. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales, a rude or surprised shout; «gad about» means to roam without purpose

examples

• Don't gad about in the rain. tree →
• «Gad!» said the old man, and jumped. tree →
• The farmer used a gad to move the oxen. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And Leah said: 'Fortune is come!' And she called his name Gad.
• and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher.
• And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
• Gad, a troop shall troop upon him; but he shall troop upon their heel.
• Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

Trees and pragmatics

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