a combination of events or circumstances. Examples:conjunction of alleys, courts, and passages, 1722; of circumstances, 1866; of events, 1862; of grammarians—Lipton,1970; of planets, 1375; of all good things. 1644. Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group...
With slight alterations some of the more colorful army and country similes can be cleaned up with the original meaning still implicit. For example, in her novel, Love Medicine, Louise Erdrich describes a character as being “Built like a brick outhouse.” Built like a toolbox —Lee K. Abbot...
A general term for repetition sometimes carrying the more specific meaning of repetition of words in adjacent phrases or clauses. Sometimes used to name either ploce or epizeuxis. “Dive! Dive! Dive!” I was yelling in my head. I was standing on the diving board, knees shaking, terrified ...
Broad, both literal and metaphorical More specific, often with dramatic connotations 15 Connotation Can be positive or neutral Often negative or neutral 6 Examples in Nature Deep sea, deep forests Abyssal zones in oceans, deep caverns 5 Symbolic Meaning Depth of feeling, understanding, or complexity...
The problem with Genesis 5 is that these proper names are not translated for the reader from their Hebrew meanings, so you have to unravel these by digging into the meaning of the Hebrew roots that make up the names. Adam:(adomah) “man” ...
The deep of outer space. Deep (Sports) Having a sufficient number of capable reserve players That team is not very deep. Deeply The extent of encompassing time or space; firmament. Deep To a great depth; deeply Dig deep. Feelings that run deep. Deeply The most intense or extreme part The...
This is no mirage. It could materiapze if the world warms by an average of just which some models predict could happen as soon as 2050. This is the world our children and grandchildren are going to have to pve in. So what are we going to do about it ...
A general term for repetition sometimes carrying the more specific meaning of repetition of words in adjacent phrases or clauses. Sometimes used to name either ploce or epizeuxis. “Dive! Dive! Dive!” I was yelling in my head. I was standing on the diving board, knees shaking, terrified ...
(2) But here in Psalm 121, we certainly have the meaning of shadow/shade as something protective. I included in the first post an image of Robert Zund’s painting, “Road to Emmaus.” The painting is well known and perhaps too sentimental, but I enjoy it because of the protective and...
the meaning of “holographic” that everyday people have been using for a while now doesn’t match the dictionary definition at all, with things like spinning LEDs, VR headsets like the Meta Quest and nail polish often described as holographic. It’s similar to how you can call someone the...