--- title: E — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 4 description: The 819 words of the English dictionary under E, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / E # E — The English dictionary · page 4 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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[42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/42/) **echolocation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Echolocation is a way some animals find things by making sounds and listening for the echoes that bounce back.[↗](../../echolocation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is also used by machines, like sonar on ships, to find things underwater.[↗](../../echolocation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bats use echolocation to find moths in the dark.[↗](../../echolocation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dolphins hunt fish using echolocation.[↗](../../echolocation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Echolocation works because sound bounces back off objects.[↗](../../echolocation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The closer the moth, the sooner the echo returns.[↗](../../echolocation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ships use sonar, a kind of echolocation, to find the sea bed.[↗](../../echolocation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some blind people learn a kind of echolocation by clicking their tongues.[↗](../../echolocation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned about echolocation in our lesson on sound.[↗](../../echolocation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **eclipse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth and blocks the Sun's light.[↗](../../eclipse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon and its shadow falls on the Moon.[↗](../../eclipse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To eclipse something is to make it seem less important by being much better.[↗](../../eclipse/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We watched the solar eclipse through special glasses.[↗](../../eclipse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · During a total eclipse the sky goes dark.[↗](../../eclipse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A lunar eclipse can make the Moon look red.[↗](../../eclipse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never look directly at the Sun during an eclipse.[↗](../../eclipse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Make a pinhole viewer to see the eclipse safely.[↗](../../eclipse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An eclipse happens when the Sun, Moon and Earth line up.[↗](../../eclipse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her new record eclipsed the old one.[↗](../../eclipse/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The birds went quiet during the eclipse.[↗](../../eclipse/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · May not, asks Mr. Batten, the Pancavudha Jataka be an idealised account of an eclipse of the moon?[↗](../../eclipse/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **ecliptic** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The path in the sky that the sun seems to follow through the year.[↗](../../ecliptic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* astronomers signified by the word Tali, not the constellation Draco, but the line which joins together the two points in which the orbit of the moon intercepts the ecliptic (Dragon's head and tail).[↗](../../ecliptic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../ecliptic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **ecological** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ecological means to do with ecology, the study of how living things live together and depend on each other and on their surroundings.[↗](../../ecological/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ecological also means caring for nature and the environment, as in ecological farming.[↗](../../ecological/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cutting down the forest caused ecological damage.[↗](../../ecological/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees play a big ecological role by pollinating flowers.[↗](../../ecological/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The oil spill was an ecological disaster for the birds.[↗](../../ecological/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An ecological footprint shows how much of the Earth's resources we use.[↗](../../ecological/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pond is a small ecological system with frogs, snails and plants.[↗](../../ecological/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school garden uses ecological ways to stop pests, like ladybirds.[↗](../../ecological/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **economic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with money, trade, jobs and business in a country or area: economic growth.[↗](../../economic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (sometimes) Making a profit or giving good value — but the usual word for this is «economical».[↗](../../economic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The country had a hard economic time with many people out of work.[↗](../../economic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory closed for economic reasons.[↗](../../economic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · New shops bring economic growth to a town.[↗](../../economic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Farming is an important economic activity there.[↗](../../economic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned about economic links between countries.[↗](../../economic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The economic news was good: more people had jobs.[↗](../../economic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **economical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Using money, fuel, time or materials carefully without waste.[↗](../../economical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Cheap to run or use, giving good value.[↗](../../economical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* economical with the truth (informal, humorous): not telling the whole truth.[↗](../../economical/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The big box of cereal is more economical than two small ones.[↗](../../economical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our new car is very economical on petrol.[↗](../../economical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Be economical with the glue so it lasts.[↗](../../economical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Which is more economical: 6 eggs for 3 dollars or 12 eggs for 5 dollars?[↗](../../economical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Walking is the most economical way to get to school.[↗](../../economical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was being economical with the truth.[↗](../../economical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · No matter what was put into it, it cooked deliciously whatever was wanted without any firing—truly a very economical saucepan.[↗](../../economical/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **economically** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Economically means in a way that is about money, trade, jobs and business.[↗](../../economically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Economically means without wasting money, time or materials; using little.[↗](../../economically/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The town is economically important because of its port.[↗](../../economically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We packed the boxes economically so nothing was wasted.[↗](../../economically/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Try to use the glue economically.[↗](../../economically/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some countries are richer economically than others.[↗](../../economically/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cycling to school is cheap and economically sensible.[↗](../../economically/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum shops economically by buying in bulk.[↗](../../economically/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "That depends upon wind and weather," said the elf king; "they travel economically.[↗](../../economically/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **economics** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The study of how people, businesses and countries make, buy, sell and use money, goods and services.[↗](../../economics/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The money side of a plan or business.[↗](../../economics/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The economics of the plan don't work.[↗](../../economics/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My sister studies economics at university.[↗](../../economics/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Economics is about how people choose to spend money.[↗](../../economics/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In home economics we baked bread.[↗](../../economics/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The economics of the shop are simple: buy cheap, sell a little dearer.[↗](../../economics/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Economics helps explain why prices go up.[↗](../../economics/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to teach economics one day.[↗](../../economics/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **economise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To economise is to spend less money or use less of something so that you save.[↗](../../economise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To economise on something is to cut back on that one thing.[↗](../../economise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We economise by turning off lights we are not using.[↗](../../economise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum is economising on snacks this month.[↗](../../economise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school economised on paper by printing on both sides.[↗](../../economise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · To save for the trip, I economised by not buying sweets.[↗](../../economise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The family had to economise after Dad lost his job.[↗](../../economise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Campers economise on water in the desert.[↗](../../economise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **economist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who studies or is an expert in economics — how money, jobs, prices and trade work.[↗](../../economist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The economist said prices would rise next year.[↗](../../economist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Economists study how people spend money.[↗](../../economist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt is an economist at a bank.[↗](../../economist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The government asked economists for advice.[↗](../../economist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · An economist uses a lot of maths and graphs.[↗](../../economist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Economists do not always agree.[↗](../../economist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **economy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The system of how money, work, goods and services are made, bought and sold in a country or area.[↗](../../economy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Careful use of money, time or materials so as not to waste them.[↗](../../economy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective-like) Cheaper and simpler (economy class, an economy pack).[↗](../../economy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The country's economy depends on farming and tourism.[↗](../../economy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We flew economy class to save money.[↗](../../economy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The economy pack has 24 bars for 6 dollars.[↗](../../economy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tourism is important to New Zealand's economy.[↗](../../economy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Writing with economy means using few words.[↗](../../economy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · When prices rise, the economy can slow down.[↗](../../economy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If it was from economy, and you are anxious to teach me not to be wasteful, you have no cause for alarm.[↗](../../economy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ecosystem** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An ecosystem is all the living things in one place — plants, animals, fungi and tiny germs — together with the non-living things around them, like water, soil, air and sunlight, all affecting each other.[↗](../../ecosystem/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (figurative) An ecosystem is a group of things or companies that work closely together, like apps, phones and computers made to work together.[↗](../../ecosystem/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A pond is a small ecosystem.[↗](../../ecosystem/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Great Barrier Reef is a huge ecosystem.[↗](../../ecosystem/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rabbits harmed the Australian ecosystem when they spread.[↗](../../ecosystem/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Every living thing in an ecosystem depends on others.[↗](../../ecosystem/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pollution can damage the whole ecosystem.[↗](../../ecosystem/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We built a mini ecosystem in a jar.[↗](../../ecosystem/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Removing wolves changed the ecosystem of Yellowstone.[↗](../../ecosystem/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My phone and tablet are part of the same ecosystem.[↗](../../ecosystem/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **ecstasy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ecstasy is a very great feeling of joy or delight.[↗](../../ecstasy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ecstasy is a deep trance, when a person is lost in holy or religious thought.[↗](../../ecstasy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She danced in ecstasy when she won.[↗](../../ecstasy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He sat in religious ecstasy all day.[↗](../../ecstasy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd shouted with ecstasy.[↗](../../ecstasy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **ect** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A scanning error, not a real word; it was meant to be "perfect".[↗](../../ect/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Tetrad, Tctractys, (jualer- nian number, is the most peit'ect.[↗](../../ect/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../ect/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **ecumenism** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) The movement or effort to bring different Christian churches together, so they understand each other, pray together and work together.[↗](../../ecumenism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (wider sense) Friendship and cooperation between different religions or groups.[↗](../../ecumenism/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ecumenism means Christians from different churches working together.[↗](../../ecumenism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our town held an ecumenical service on Good Friday.[↗](../../ecumenism/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The two vicars believe strongly in ecumenism.[↗](../../ecumenism/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ecumenism helps churches focus on what they share.[↗](../../ecumenism/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Pope spoke about ecumenism and unity.[↗](../../ecumenism/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The local food bank is run in a spirit of ecumenism.[↗](../../ecumenism/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **eczema** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Eczema is a common skin condition that makes patches of skin dry, red, cracked and very itchy.[↗](../../eczema/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It often starts in babies and children, may come and go, and can be made worse by things like soap, heat, stress or some foods.[↗](../../eczema/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My little sister has eczema on her elbows.[↗](../../eczema/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Eczema is not catching, so you can still hold hands.[↗](../../eczema/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He puts cream on his eczema every night.[↗](../../eczema/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hot baths can make eczema worse.[↗](../../eczema/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her eczema flared up when she was worried about tests.[↗](../../eczema/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Try not to scratch eczema, even though it itches.[↗](../../eczema/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some children grow out of their eczema.[↗](../../eczema/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor gave her a special cream for her eczema.[↗](../../eczema/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **ed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* «Ed» is short for education: «PE» is physical education, «sex ed» means sex education, «special ed» special education (informal, US).[↗](../../ed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Ed.» or «ed.» is short for editor or edition in books: «3rd ed.», «ed. by».[↗](../../ed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Ed is a boy's name, short for Edward, Edmund or Edwin (a name).[↗](../../ed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «-ed» is the ending added to regular verbs to make the past tense: play → played.[↗](../../ed/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have phys ed on Fridays.[↗](../../ed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (US, informal)[↗](../../ed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The book's second ed. has new pictures.[↗](../../ed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ed. by means the person who edited the book.[↗](../../ed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle Ed is a firefighter.[↗](../../ed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Add «-ed» to make the past tense: jump → jumped.[↗](../../ed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Older students take driver's ed before they drive.[↗](../../ed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (US)[↗](../../ed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal-eder.[↗](../../ed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.35.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · ") See -Alphabet of Ben Sira", ed.[↗](../../ed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../ed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "When Abraham our father arose, he looked nnd saw and investigated and observed and engraved and hewed and combin- ed and formed and calculated, and his creation was successful.[↗](../../ed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../ed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou, Migdal-eder, the hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come; yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.[↗](../../ed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.4.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **eddy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An eddy is a small whirlpool, where water goes round and round against the main flow.[↗](../../eddy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To eddy is to swirl round in circles.[↗](../../eddy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Leaves spun in an eddy by the bridge.[↗](../../eddy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The water eddied around the rock.[↗](../../eddy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A little eddy carried the boat round in a circle.[↗](../../eddy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **edelweiss** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small white woolly-looking flower that grows high in the Alps and other mountains of Europe; it is a famous symbol of Switzerland and Austria.[↗](../../edelweiss/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Edelweiss grows high up in the Alps.[↗](../../edelweiss/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Its petals look as if they are made of white felt.[↗](../../edelweiss/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We sang «Edelweiss» in the school concert.[↗](../../edelweiss/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Edelweiss is a symbol of Austria and Switzerland.[↗](../../edelweiss/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Picking wild edelweiss is not allowed in many places.[↗](../../edelweiss/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fluffy hairs help edelweiss stay warm.[↗](../../edelweiss/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **eden** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Bible) The Garden of Eden was the beautiful garden where, in Genesis, God put the first people, Adam and Eve, before they disobeyed by eating the forbidden fruit and had to leave.[↗](../../eden/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An Eden is any very beautiful, peaceful place, like a paradise.[↗](../../eden/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.[↗](../../eden/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The serpent tempted Eve in Eden.[↗](../../eden/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After eating the fruit, Adam and Eve had to leave Eden.[↗](../../eden/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nan's garden in summer is a little Eden.[↗](../../eden/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited the Eden Project and its rainforest dome.[↗](../../eden/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The island looked like an Eden of palm trees and blue sea.[↗](../../eden/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden was a very Eden, with running water amongst its lawns, with flowers and the lament of doves and the jug-jug of nightingales.[↗](../../eden/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.[↗](../../eden/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.2.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eden/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.[↗](../../eden/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.2.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eden/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.[↗](../../eden/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.3.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eden/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur was as thine apprentice in traffic.[↗](../../eden/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eden/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I made it fair by the multitude of its branches; so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.[↗](../../eden/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.31.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eden/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?[↗](../../eden/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.19.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eden/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **edge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An edge is the outside line or end of something, like the edge of a table or a cliff.[↗](../../edge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An edge of a solid shape is the line where two faces meet.[↗](../../edge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") A cube has 12 edges.[↗](../../edge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The edge of a knife is its sharp side.[↗](../../edge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To edge is to move slowly and carefully.[↗](../../edge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «On edge» means nervous.[↗](../../edge/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A cube has 12 edges.[↗](../../edge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She put a ribbon along the edge of the table.[↗](../../edge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many edges does a triangle prism have?[↗](../../edge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Plant a tree every 2 meters along the edge.[↗](../../edge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stand back from the edge of the platform.[↗](../../edge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The knife has a sharp edge.[↗](../../edge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He edged along the narrow wall.[↗](../../edge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat sat on the edge of the bed.[↗](../../edge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Goat looked over the edge of the cliff.[↗](../../edge/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.[↗](../../edge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.17.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../edge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.[↗](../../edge/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.13.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../edge/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they journeyed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.[↗](../../edge/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.33.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../edge/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.[↗](../../edge/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.5.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../edge/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; (Writings PSA.149.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../edge/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, Thou turnest back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.[↗](../../edge/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.89.44, JPS 1917)[↗](../../edge/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) 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