--- title: K — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 5 description: The 166 words of the English dictionary under K, 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/K/page/5/) [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/) / K # K — The English dictionary · page 5 [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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[6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/9/) **kindled** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Kindled means set alight; kindled is the past form of kindle.[↗](../../kindled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Between them they kindled a fire.[↗](../../kindled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His woodpile was not yet kindled.[↗](../../kindled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The king's wrath was kindled against Noureddin.[↗](../../kindled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and He departed.[↗](../../kindled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.12.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD'S anger was kindled in that day, and He swore, saying: (Torah NUM.32.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindled/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And Israel joined himself unto the Baal of Peor; and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.[↗](../../kindled/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.25.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindled/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My heart is turned within Me, My compassions are kindled together.[↗](../../kindled/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.11.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindled/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.[↗](../../kindled/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.14.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindled/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.[↗](../../kindled/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.106.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindled/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **kindling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Kindling is small dry sticks and wood used to start a fire.[↗](../../kindling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Kindling is the action of setting a fire alight; it is the -ing form of kindle.[↗](../../kindling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gather some dry kindling for the fire.[↗](../../kindling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We lit the kindling with a match.[↗](../../kindling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They spent the evening kindling a fire of driftwood.[↗](../../kindling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · heaping on the wood, kindling the fire, that the flesh may be consumed; and preparing the mixture, that the bones also may be burned; (Prophets EZK.24.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **kindly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Kindly means in a kind, gentle and caring way: «She smiled kindly».[↗](../../kindly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Kindly» is a formal way to say «please»: «Kindly close the door».[↗](../../kindly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As an adjective, kindly means kind and friendly: «a kindly old man».[↗](../../kindly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Not take kindly to» means not like something.[↗](../../kindly/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She kindly helped me carry my bags.[↗](../../kindly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse spoke kindly to the frightened boy.[↗](../../kindly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Kindly wait here.[↗](../../kindly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Treat animals kindly.[↗](../../kindly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He kindly lent me his pencil.[↗](../../kindly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The kindly old lady gave us apples.[↗](../../kindly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat did not take kindly to the new puppy.[↗](../../kindly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thank you kindly for the present.[↗](../../kindly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Approach, my son," he said kindly.[↗](../../kindly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Now therefore fear ye not; I will sustain you, and your little ones.'[↗](../../kindly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them.[↗](../../kindly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.50.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.'[↗](../../kindly/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.49, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindly/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's?[↗](../../kindly/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindly/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon.[↗](../../kindly/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.25.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindly/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law: 'Go, return each of you to her mother's house; the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.[↗](../../kindly/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.1.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindly/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **kindness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Kindness is being friendly, caring and helpful to others.[↗](../../kindness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A kindness is a kind act.[↗](../../kindness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thank you for your kindness.[↗](../../kindness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Kindness costs nothing.[↗](../../kindness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She showed kindness to the new boy.[↗](../../kindness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Treat animals with kindness.[↗](../../kindness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Holding the door open is a small act of kindness.[↗](../../kindness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His kindness made her feel welcome.[↗](../../kindness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class did a week of kindness challenges.[↗](../../kindness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · An act of kindness is well repaid.[↗](../../kindness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.[↗](../../kindness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.39.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: 'O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray Thee, good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.[↗](../../kindness/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindness/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.[↗](../../kindness/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.40.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindness/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and the law of kindness is on her tongue.[↗](../../kindness/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.31.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindness/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Absalom said to Hushai: 'Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?'[↗](../../kindness/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.16.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindness/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not; (Prophets 1SA.20.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindness/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **kindred** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Kindred are your family and relatives.[↗](../../kindred/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Kindred means of the same kind or related in nature.[↗](../../kindred/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is good to be with one's own kindred again.[↗](../../kindred/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He summoned all his kindred.[↗](../../kindred/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tritons and their kindred live in the sea.[↗](../../kindred/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.[↗](../../kindred/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindred/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son, even for Isaac.'[↗](../../kindred/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindred/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said unto him: 'I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.'[↗](../../kindred/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.10.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindred/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ascribe unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the peoples, ascribe unto the LORD glory and strength.[↗](../../kindred/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.16.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindred/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not tell it.[↗](../../kindred/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.2.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindred/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the LORD; and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before Thee.[↗](../../kindred/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.22.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindred/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **kine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Kine is an old word for cows, used as the plural of cow.[↗](../../kine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Cows, or cattle.[↗](../../kine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Heavy are the kine in the field.[↗](../../kine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer milked the kine every morning.[↗](../../kine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago the kine grazed by the river.[↗](../../kine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.[↗](../../kine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine.[↗](../../kine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.[↗](../../kine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.32.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.[↗](../../kine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.6.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords: 'Bring, that we may feast.'[↗](../../kine/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.4.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kine/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them.[↗](../../kine/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.6.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kine/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.[↗](../../kine/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.20, JPS 1917) · You ain't had de kine w'at kotch me on de underjaw.[↗](../../kine/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings) · And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine.[↗](../../kine/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.4, JPS 1917) **kinetic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Kinetic means about movement or caused by movement.[↗](../../kinetic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Kinetic energy is the energy an object has because it is moving; the faster or heavier it moves, the more kinetic energy it has.[↗](../../kinetic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Kinetic art is art with parts that move.[↗](../../kinetic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A rolling ball has kinetic energy.[↗](../../kinetic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · As the roller coaster goes down, its kinetic energy increases.[↗](../../kinetic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wind turbines use the kinetic energy of moving air.[↗](../../kinetic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · When the car stops, its kinetic energy turns into heat in the brakes.[↗](../../kinetic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We played with kinetic sand that flows like liquid.[↗](../../kinetic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has a kinetic sculpture that moves in the wind.[↗](../../kinetic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A faster runner has more kinetic energy.[↗](../../kinetic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **king** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A king is a man who rules a country, usually because his parent was king or queen before him.[↗](../../king/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A king is a playing card with a picture of a king, and the most important piece in chess.[↗](../../king/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A king is a man, animal or thing thought to be the best or most powerful of its kind («the lion is the king of the jungle»).[↗](../../king/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king wore a golden crown.[↗](../../king/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Britain has a king, but Parliament makes the laws.[↗](../../king/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In chess, you lose if your king is trapped.[↗](../../king/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I have the king of hearts\![↗](../../king/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The lion is called the king of the jungle, though it lives on grassland.[↗](../../king/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince became king when his mother died.[↗](../../king/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He thinks he is the king of the playground.[↗](../../king/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We slept in a king-size bed at the hotel.[↗](../../king/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.[↗](../../king/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.26.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../king/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying: (Torah NUM.21.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../king/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.[↗](../../king/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.1.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../king/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · All the kings thirty and one.[↗](../../king/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.12.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../king/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the king hearkened unto them.[↗](../../king/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.24.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../king/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Then was the king's wrath assuaged.[↗](../../king/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.7.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../king/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **kingdom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kingdom is a country ruled by a king or queen.[↗](../../kingdom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science, a kingdom is one of the biggest groups living things are sorted into, like the animal kingdom or the plant kingdom.[↗](../../kingdom/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A kingdom can be an area that belongs to someone, like «the kitchen is Dad's kingdom».[↗](../../kingdom/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A kingdom can also be a large group of things of the same kind, such as the mineral kingdom, which includes all the metals.[↗](../../kingdom/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king ruled a large kingdom.[↗](../../kingdom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The United Kingdom has a king.[↗](../../kingdom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lions belong to the animal kingdom.[↗](../../kingdom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mushrooms are in the fungi kingdom, not the plant kingdom.[↗](../../kingdom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The princess saved the kingdom from the dragon.[↗](../../kingdom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, England had several small kingdoms.[↗](../../kingdom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden shed is Grandad's kingdom.[↗](../../kingdom/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My father reigned over six kingdoms.[↗](../../kingdom/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and ye shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.[↗](../../kingdom/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.19.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kingdom/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.[↗](../../kingdom/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.10.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kingdom/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salcah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. — (Torah DEU.3.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kingdom/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.[↗](../../kingdom/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.1.46, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kingdom/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.[↗](../../kingdom/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.2.46, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kingdom/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Hark, the uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together\![↗](../../kingdom/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.13.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kingdom/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **kingfisher** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kingfisher is a small, brightly coloured bird with a big head and a long sharp beak that dives into water to catch fish.[↗](../../kingfisher/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Some kingfishers, such as the Australian kookaburra, are large and catch lizards and insects on land.[↗](../../kingfisher/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A kingfisher dived into the river and caught a fish.[↗](../../kingfisher/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a flash of blue — a kingfisher\![↗](../../kingfisher/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The kookaburra is a big kingfisher.[↗](../../kingfisher/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Kingfishers nest in tunnels in riverbanks.[↗](../../kingfisher/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bullet train's nose was copied from a kingfisher's beak.[↗](../../kingfisher/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Kingfishers need clean rivers with lots of small fish.[↗](../../kingfisher/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **kinglet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kinglet is a little king, or a small, minor king.[↗](../../kinglet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A kinglet is also a tiny bird with a golden crest.[↗](../../kinglet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Kinglet was not late for his appointment.[↗](../../kinglet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The kinglet promised to keep his word.[↗](../../kinglet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A tiny kinglet sat on the branch.[↗](../../kinglet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **kingly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Kingly means fit for a king, or like a king in looks or manner.[↗](../../kingly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He will be sitting in his kingly chair.[↗](../../kingly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The champion had a kingly bearing.[↗](../../kingly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The napkin was embroidered with a kingly crown.[↗](../../kingly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him; (Writings DAN.5.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kingly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **kingship** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Kingship is the position, rank or power of a king.[↗](../../kingship/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He would not lend his son to gain the kingship of the world.[↗](../../kingship/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man gave up his kingship.[↗](../../kingship/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A task greater than any since he seized the kingship.[↗](../../kingship/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **kinsfolk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The people of your family and relatives, taken together.[↗](../../kinsfolk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He called his kinsfolk together to talk.[↗](../../kinsfolk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her kinsfolk lived in the next valley.[↗](../../kinsfolk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Connachar went to the green knoll with his band of kinsfolk.[↗](../../kinsfolk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.[↗](../../kinsfolk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.19.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kinsfolk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **kinship** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Kinship is being related to someone by family: being part of the same family by birth or marriage.[↗](../../kinship/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A feeling of being close to someone because you share something, like interests or troubles.[↗](../../kinship/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Kinship was very important in the old Scottish clans.[↗](../../kinship/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ella felt a kinship with the other new pupils.[↗](../../kinship/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The two tribes were joined by kinship and marriage.[↗](../../kinship/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran looks after my cousin; it's called kinship care.[↗](../../kinship/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a special kinship between twins.[↗](../../kinship/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sharing a hobby can create a strong kinship.[↗](../../kinship/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence their kinship.[↗](../../kinship/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kinship/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **kinsman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A male relative, a man of your own family.[↗](../../kinsman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A male relative, a man of the same family.[↗](../../kinsman/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king trusted his kinsman.[↗](../../kinsman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My kinsman will bring the horses.[↗](../../kinsman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Find Eidoel, the son of Aer, his kinsman.[↗](../../kinsman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it.[↗](../../kinsman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.27.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kinsman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If thy brother be waxen poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold.[↗](../../kinsman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kinsman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And now is there not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast?[↗](../../kinsman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.3.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kinsman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So the near kinsman said unto Boaz: 'Buy it for thyself.'[↗](../../kinsman/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") And he drew off his shoe.[↗](../../kinsman/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.4.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kinsman/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And now it is true that I am a near kinsman; howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. (Writings RUT.3.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kinsman/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it.[↗](../../kinsman/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.27.11, JPS 1917) · "Do bring them to life, kinsman," say their relatives.[↗](../../kinsman/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · If thy brother be waxen poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold.[↗](../../kinsman/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.25, JPS 1917) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/4/) **5** [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/9/) - ← previous: [page 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/4/) - next →: [page 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/6/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)