--- title: H — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 29 description: The 779 words of the English dictionary under H, 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/H/page/29/) [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/) / H # H — The English dictionary · page 29 [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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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A honeycomb is a wax structure made by bees with many six-sided cells where they store honey and raise their young.[↗](../../honeycomb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Honeycomb is a sweet, crunchy, golden toffee full of bubbles.[↗](../../honeycomb/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A honeycomb pattern is a pattern of hexagons.[↗](../../honeycomb/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To be honeycombed with something means to be full of holes or tunnels, as in «a hill honeycombed with caves».[↗](../../honeycomb/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bees build a honeycomb from wax.[↗](../../honeycomb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each cell of a honeycomb is a hexagon.[↗](../../honeycomb/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hexagons tessellate, just like a honeycomb.[↗](../../honeycomb/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I love honeycomb ice cream.[↗](../../honeycomb/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The hill is honeycombed with old mine tunnels.[↗](../../honeycomb/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The beekeeper lifted out a dripping honeycomb.[↗](../../honeycomb/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "I'll get a bit of honeycomb," says he.[↗](../../honeycomb/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.[↗](../../honeycomb/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.16.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../honeycomb/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.[↗](../../honeycomb/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.27.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../honeycomb/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · My son, eat thou honey, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to thy taste; (Writings PRO.24.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../honeycomb/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **honeycreeper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A honeycreeper is a small, often brightly coloured bird that feeds on nectar and insects; there are Hawaiian honeycreepers and tropical American honeycreepers.[↗](../../honeycreeper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The red-legged honeycreeper has bright blue feathers.[↗](../../honeycreeper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hawaiian honeycreepers have beaks of many different shapes.[↗](../../honeycreeper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The curved beak helps the honeycreeper drink nectar.[↗](../../honeycreeper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many honeycreepers in Hawaii are endangered.[↗](../../honeycreeper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mosquitoes brought malaria that harmed the honeycreepers.[↗](../../honeycreeper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a honeycreeper in the rainforest canopy.[↗](../../honeycreeper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **honeydew** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A honeydew is a kind of melon with smooth pale skin and sweet pale-green flesh.[↗](../../honeydew/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Honeydew is a sweet sticky liquid made by insects such as aphids, which ants like to eat.[↗](../../honeydew/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had honeydew melon for pudding.[↗](../../honeydew/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Honeydew melons are pale green inside.[↗](../../honeydew/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ants drink the honeydew made by aphids.[↗](../../honeydew/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The car under the tree was sticky with honeydew.[↗](../../honeydew/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees sometimes collect honeydew to make honey.[↗](../../honeydew/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut the honeydew into cubes.[↗](../../honeydew/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **honeymoon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A honeymoon is a holiday that a newly married couple take together just after their wedding.[↗](../../honeymoon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The honeymoon (period) is the happy, easy time at the start of something new, like a new job or a new leader, before problems begin.[↗](../../honeymoon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To honeymoon is to go on a honeymoon.[↗](../../honeymoon/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the wedding they went on honeymoon to Italy.[↗](../../honeymoon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt sent us a postcard from her honeymoon.[↗](../../honeymoon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel gave them the honeymoon suite.[↗](../../honeymoon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They honeymooned on a quiet island.[↗](../../honeymoon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The new coach had a short honeymoon before we started losing.[↗](../../honeymoon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · When the puppy chewed the sofa, the honeymoon was over\![↗](../../honeymoon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum and Dad showed us photos from their honeymoon.[↗](../../honeymoon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **honeypot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pot for keeping honey.[↗](../../honeypot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A place or thing that attracts lots of people, like bees to honey: a tourist honeypot.[↗](../../honeypot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computers) A trap set up to catch hackers by pretending to be an easy target.[↗](../../honeypot/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pooh had his head stuck in a honeypot.[↗](../../honeypot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The village is a honeypot for tourists in summer.[↗](../../honeypot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Honeypot sites need car parks and bins.[↗](../../honeypot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bear licked the honeypot clean.[↗](../../honeypot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The company set up a honeypot to catch hackers.[↗](../../honeypot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **honeysuckle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A climbing plant with sweet-smelling yellow, white or pink tube-shaped flowers that contain sweet nectar.[↗](../../honeysuckle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The honeysuckle smells sweetest in the evening.[↗](../../honeysuckle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Moths visit honeysuckle at night for nectar.[↗](../../honeysuckle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Honeysuckle climbed all over the garden fence.[↗](../../honeysuckle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We tasted the tiny drop of nectar in a honeysuckle flower.[↗](../../honeysuckle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Honeysuckle berries can be poisonous, so do not eat them.[↗](../../honeysuckle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The hedge was covered in pink honeysuckle.[↗](../../honeysuckle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then there came to him the fragrance of thyme, followed by the more powerful scent of honeysuckle and violets; and he fancied he heard the note of the cuckoo.[↗](../../honeysuckle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **honk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To honk is to make the loud sound of a car horn.[↗](../../honk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is also the loud cry a goose makes.[↗](../../honk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A honk is one such sound.[↗](../../honk/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The taxi driver honked at the cyclist.[↗](../../honk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not honk the horn just for fun; it is for warnings.[↗](../../honk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I heard the geese honking as they flew south.[↗](../../honk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A car honked, so I stepped back onto the pavement.[↗](../../honk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad gave two short honks to tell us he was outside.[↗](../../honk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The goose honked angrily and chased us.[↗](../../honk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Traffic was so bad that everyone was honking.[↗](../../honk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · When you hear a honk, stop and look around.[↗](../../honk/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **honor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Honor is respect and a good name that a person earns by being good and brave.[↗](../../honor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An honor is a prize, medal or special mark of respect given to someone.[↗](../../honor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To honor someone is to show great respect for them, for example with a ceremony.[↗](../../honor/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal) «In his honor» means as a way of celebrating him.[↗](../../honor/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hero won the honor of a medal.[↗](../../honor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Now he has the cross of honor.[↗](../../honor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The town held a party in her honor.[↗](../../honor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school will honor the winners at the end of term.[↗](../../honor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt great honor at being chosen.[↗](../../honor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **honorable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Honorable means good and fair, deserving respect.[↗](../../honorable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Honorable is used as a title of respect for some judges and officials, as in «the honorable judge».[↗](../../honorable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "That's an honorable thought," said the Sunbeam.[↗](../../honorable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He always kept his promises; he was an honorable man.[↗](../../honorable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was an honorable thing to share the last cake.[↗](../../honorable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The honorable widow was trusted by everyone in the village.[↗](../../honorable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · When the Honorable Mayer Sulzberger heard me expressing my views on Hebrew orthography, he advised me to make a study of the Sefer Yetzirah which in his opinion constitutes the earliest Hebrew grammar extant.[↗](../../honorable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../honorable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **honorary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Honorary describes a title or position given to someone as an honour, to thank or respect them, without the usual exams, work or pay.[↗](../../honorary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Honorary describes a job done without being paid: «honorary secretary».[↗](../../honorary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The famous author got an honorary degree from the university.[↗](../../honorary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our lollipop lady was made an honorary member of the school council.[↗](../../honorary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The firefighter was named an honorary citizen.[↗](../../honorary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa is the honorary president of the football club.[↗](../../honorary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog became an honorary member of our class\![↗](../../honorary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An honorary doctor does not treat patients.[↗](../../honorary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **honored** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Honored means given respect, with an honor shown to someone.[↗](../../honored/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Honored means proud and glad to have been given respect: «I am honored to be here.».[↗](../../honored/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Most honored friends, ladies and gentlemen!"[↗](../../honored/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The honored guest sat at the king's right hand.[↗](../../honored/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I am honored that you asked me to speak.[↗](../../honored/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The most honored poet was given a golden crown.[↗](../../honored/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Thank you, honored sir, for the warm welcome.[↗](../../honored/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **honoring** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Honoring means showing respect to someone, as in the American spelling of honouring.[↗](../../honoring/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When people learned of their existence, they all left the original artisan and went to them, honoring them, and negotiating with them in their building enterprises " (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../honoring/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **honour** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Great respect that people give to someone: «in honour of».[↗](../../honour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something that makes you proud and glad: «It is an honour to meet you».[↗](../../honour/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Being honest and keeping your word: «a person of honour».[↗](../../honour/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To show respect to someone, often with a prize or ceremony.[↗](../../honour/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (verb) To keep a promise or agreement: «honour a promise».[↗](../../honour/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* "Your honour" is a polite way of speaking to a judge or other important person.[↗](../../honour/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The statue was built in honour of the brave firefighters.[↗](../../honour/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It is a great honour to meet the queen.[↗](../../honour/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was the guest of honour at the party.[↗](../../honour/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A knight must always act with honour.[↗](../../honour/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I promise on my honour that I did not cheat.[↗](../../honour/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The town honoured the old teacher with a special award.[↗](../../honour/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You should honour your promises.[↗](../../honour/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her name is on the school honour roll.[↗](../../honour/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Bad enough, your honour; the magpie's dead\![↗](../../honour/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he was honoured above all the house of his father.[↗](../../honour/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.34.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../honour/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt put of thy honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may hearken.[↗](../../honour/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.27.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../honour/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.[↗](../../honour/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.20.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../honour/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour.[↗](../../honour/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.8.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../honour/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · A gracious woman obtaineth honour; and strong men obtain riches.[↗](../../honour/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.11.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../honour/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Riches and honour are with me; yea, enduring riches and righteousness.[↗](../../honour/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.8.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../honour/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **honourable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Good, honest and fair; deserving respect.[↗](../../honourable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Done in a way that keeps your honour, as in «an honourable draw».[↗](../../honourable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) «the Honourable» — a title for some judges, politicians and officials; in Parliament «my honourable friend».[↗](../../honourable/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight was honourable and never lied.[↗](../../honourable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Giving back the lost wallet was the honourable thing to do.[↗](../../honourable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our poem got an honourable mention.[↗](../../honourable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was an honourable draw against a strong team.[↗](../../honourable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Honourable Judge Smith entered the court.[↗](../../honourable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «My honourable friend is mistaken,» said the MP.[↗](../../honourable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · An honourable person keeps their word.[↗](../../honourable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “I also,” he said, “have an honourable record.”[↗](../../honourable/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.[↗](../../honourable/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.22.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../honourable/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three.[↗](../../honourable/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.23.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../honourable/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He was most honourable of the three; therefore he was made their captain; howbeit he attained not unto the first three.[↗](../../honourable/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.23.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../honourable/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath devised this against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?[↗](../../honourable/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.23.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../honourable/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **honourably** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In an honourable way; fairly and with good character.[↗](../../honourably/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a way that keeps your word and your promises.[↗](../../honourably/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Will you swear to carry me over the river if I fight honourably?"[↗](../../honourably/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight swore to win honourably.[↗](../../honourably/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She paid her debts honourably.[↗](../../honourably/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldier kept his word honourably.[↗](../../honourably/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Play the game honourably and everyone will respect you.[↗](../../honourably/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **honouring** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Showing great respect to someone, often in a ceremony or with an award.[↗](../../honouring/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Keeping a promise or agreement.[↗](../../honouring/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school held an assembly honouring the retiring headteacher.[↗](../../honouring/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Remembrance Day is about honouring people who died in wars.[↗](../../honouring/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We planted a tree honouring our old classmate.[↗](../../honouring/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He is honouring his promise to help me.[↗](../../honouring/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The town is honouring the lifeguard who saved two children.[↗](../../honouring/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A new stamp is honouring the famous scientist.[↗](../../honouring/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **honours** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Awards, titles or special praise given to someone for great work or bravery.[↗](../../honours/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A higher level of a university degree: «an honours degree».[↗](../../honours/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «With honours» means with extra praise for very good results.[↗](../../honours/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) He or she shows respect or keeps a promise: «She always honours her word».[↗](../../honours/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She received many honours for her work as a nurse.[↗](../../honours/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He graduated from university with honours.[↗](../../honours/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldier was buried with full military honours.[↗](../../honours/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Would you like to do the honours and cut the cake?[↗](../../honours/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The New Year Honours list includes a local teacher.[↗](../../honours/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The club always honours its best players at the end of the season.[↗](../../honours/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Dioscuri received divine honours throughout Greece, and were worshipped with special reverence at Sparta.[↗](../../honours/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hood** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hood is a part of a coat or jumper that you can pull up to cover your head.[↗](../../hood/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hood is a cover over something, like the cover over a cooker that takes away smoke.[↗](../../hood/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In US English, the hood is the metal cover over a car's engine (the bonnet in UK English).[↗](../../hood/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Informal US: the hood means a neighbourhood.[↗](../../hood/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put your hood up, it's starting to rain.[↗](../../hood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Little Red Riding Hood walked through the forest.[↗](../../hood/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cobra spread its hood and hissed.[↗](../../hood/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad opened the hood of the car to check the oil.[↗](../../hood/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn on the cooker hood so the kitchen does not fill with smoke.[↗](../../hood/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My coat has a hood with fur around the edge.[↗](../../hood/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Take your hood down so you can see the traffic.[↗](../../hood/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘It’s me, Granny, your little Golden-hood.[↗](../../hood/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hoof** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hoof is the hard part of the foot of animals like horses, cows, deer, goats, sheep and pigs.[↗](../../hoof/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The horse's hooves clattered on the road.[↗](../../hoof/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A farrier puts metal shoes on a horse's hooves.[↗](../../hoof/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cows and sheep have cloven hooves, split into two parts.[↗](../../hoof/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hooves are made of the same stuff as your fingernails.[↗](../../hoof/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard hooves coming up the lane.[↗](../../hoof/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The deer's hoof left a print in the mud.[↗](../../hoof/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A Bull trampled him with his heavy hoofs.[↗](../../hoof/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.[↗](../../hoof/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hoof/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.[↗](../../hoof/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hoof/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.[↗](../../hoof/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hoof/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.[↗](../../hoof/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.69.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hoof/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind; (Prophets ISA.5.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hoof/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside many waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.[↗](../../hoof/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.32.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hoof/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) … [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/28/) **29** [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/30/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/40/) - ← previous: [page 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/28/) - next →: [page 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/30/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)