--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 26 description: The 1043 words of the English dictionary under M, 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/M/page/26/) [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/) / M # M — The English dictionary · page 26 [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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meaning 1:* Untidy or dirty: «a messy room».[↗](../../messy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Making things dirty or untidy: «a messy job like painting».[↗](../../messy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Complicated and unpleasant: «a messy argument».[↗](../../messy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My room is very messy.[↗](../../messy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Painting is messy, so wear an apron.[↗](../../messy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Spaghetti is a messy food.[↗](../../messy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His handwriting is too messy to read.[↗](../../messy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby is a messy eater.[↗](../../messy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Toys on a messy floor can make people trip.[↗](../../messy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The end of their friendship was messy.[↗](../../messy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He had carried Tinker Bell part of the way, and his hand was still messy with the fairy dust.[↗](../../messy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mestizo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mestizo is a Spanish word for a person with both Spanish (European) and Native American ancestors, used especially in Latin America.[↗](../../mestizo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Many people in Mexico are mestizo.[↗](../../mestizo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In colonial times, Spanish rulers sorted people into groups such as mestizo.[↗](../../mestizo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mestizo culture mixes Spanish and native traditions.[↗](../../mestizo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The word mestizo comes from Spanish.[↗](../../mestizo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The country's population is largely mestizo.[↗](../../mestizo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **metabolise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To metabolise food is for the body to break it down and use it for energy and growth.[↗](../../metabolise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To metabolise a medicine or substance is for the body to process and change it.[↗](../../metabolise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Your body metabolises food to make energy.[↗](../../metabolise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people metabolise sugar faster than others.[↗](../../metabolise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The liver metabolises many medicines.[↗](../../metabolise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants metabolise sunlight into food.[↗](../../metabolise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies metabolise caffeine very slowly.[↗](../../metabolise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Exercise helps you metabolise fat.[↗](../../metabolise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **metal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Metal is a hard, shiny material like iron, steel, gold, silver, copper or aluminium.[↗](../../metal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Coins, nails and keys are made of metal.[↗](../../metal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Metal also means made of metal: a metal spoon.[↗](../../metal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The box holds 20 metal spoons.[↗](../../metal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A metal bar weighs 3 kg.[↗](../../metal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She sorted 15 metal and 9 plastic toys.[↗](../../metal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each metal coin is worth 5 cents.[↗](../../metal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Gold and silver are precious metals.[↗](../../metal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A metal spoon in hot soup gets hot quickly.[↗](../../metal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A magnet picks up iron nails but not aluminium cans.[↗](../../metal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We put metal cans in the recycling bin.[↗](../../metal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Not a tinkling of a metal fringe broke the silence.[↗](../../metal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **metallic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Metallic means made of metal or having the properties of metal.[↗](../../metallic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Metallic means looking shiny like metal («metallic paint», «metallic blue»).[↗](../../metallic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A metallic sound is hard and ringing; a metallic taste is like the taste of a coin.[↗](../../metallic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Copper is a metallic element.[↗](../../metallic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The car is painted metallic silver.[↗](../../metallic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Metallic materials conduct electricity.[↗](../../metallic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard a metallic clang in the shed.[↗](../../metallic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The water had a metallic taste.[↗](../../metallic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I used metallic gold pens for the card.[↗](../../metallic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Metallic objects feel cold to touch because they conduct heat.[↗](../../metallic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **metamorphic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Metamorphic rock is rock that has been changed by great heat and pressure deep underground, without melting.[↗](../../metamorphic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Metamorphic means to do with a big change of form.[↗](../../metamorphic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Marble is a metamorphic rock made from limestone.[↗](../../metamorphic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Slate is metamorphic and splits into thin sheets.[↗](../../metamorphic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Metamorphic rocks form deep under mountains.[↗](../../metamorphic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We sorted the rocks into igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic.[↗](../../metamorphic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Heat and pressure make metamorphic rock.[↗](../../metamorphic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Metamorphic rocks can have bands or stripes.[↗](../../metamorphic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **metamorphism** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) The change of rocks by great heat and pressure deep in the Earth, without melting them, so they become new kinds of rock (metamorphic rocks).[↗](../../metamorphism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Metamorphism turns limestone into marble.[↗](../../metamorphism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Slate forms from shale by metamorphism.[↗](../../metamorphism/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Heat and pressure cause metamorphism deep underground.[↗](../../metamorphism/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Metamorphism is part of the rock cycle.[↗](../../metamorphism/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rocks near hot magma can change by contact metamorphism.[↗](../../metamorphism/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher showed us rocks changed by metamorphism.[↗](../../metamorphism/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **metamorphosis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Metamorphosis is a big change in body shape that some animals go through as they grow, like a caterpillar becoming a butterfly or a tadpole becoming a frog.[↗](../../metamorphosis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A metamorphosis is any complete change in how someone or something looks or is.[↗](../../metamorphosis/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A caterpillar turns into a butterfly by metamorphosis.[↗](../../metamorphosis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tadpoles go through metamorphosis to become frogs.[↗](../../metamorphosis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Inside the chrysalis, metamorphosis takes place.[↗](../../metamorphosis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Beetles also go through complete metamorphosis.[↗](../../metamorphosis/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the metamorphosis of our class caterpillars.[↗](../../metamorphosis/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grasshoppers have incomplete metamorphosis.[↗](../../metamorphosis/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old shed went through a metamorphosis into a playroom.[↗](../../metamorphosis/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Metamorphosis comes from Greek words meaning «change of shape».[↗](../../metamorphosis/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In two years the building itself will put on a proper appearance, there will be a complete metamorphosis in beauty and improvement.[↗](../../metamorphosis/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **metaphor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A metaphor is a way of describing something by saying it IS something else, to show what it is like, without using «like» or «as»: «The classroom was a zoo» means it was wild and noisy.[↗](../../metaphor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A metaphor can be a thing or idea that stands for something else: a journey can be a metaphor for growing up.[↗](../../metaphor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «The snow was a white blanket» is a metaphor.[↗](../../metaphor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The poet uses a metaphor to compare life to a river.[↗](../../metaphor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «He has a heart of gold» is a metaphor; he is very kind.[↗](../../metaphor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Explain what the metaphor tells us about the character.[↗](../../metaphor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «My brother is a couch potato» is a funny metaphor.[↗](../../metaphor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Underline the metaphor in the second line.[↗](../../metaphor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm in the story is a metaphor for her anger.[↗](../../metaphor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · «Time is a thief» is a metaphor, because time cannot really steal.[↗](../../metaphor/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Depth \[note 15: עוֹמֶק ʽomeq ‘depth’ here is based on the metaphor of עֲמֻקָּה ʽamuqqah ‘deepness’ as a symbol of divine mystery, as found in Biblical poetry, ex.[↗](../../metaphor/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") \[Job 11:8\], \[Psalms 64:7\], \[Ecclesiastes 7:24\].[↗](../../metaphor/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../metaphor/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **metaphorical** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Used as a picture or comparison, not meant literally.[↗](../../metaphorical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And on yet another level, it refers to the physical body, the primary metaphorical sense in which the term is encountered in the SY.[↗](../../metaphorical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../metaphorical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **metaphorically** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In a way that uses a comparison or picture, not literally.[↗](../../metaphorically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thought, speech and action are an inseparable unity in the divine being; God made or created, is metaphorically expressed by the word: writing.[↗](../../metaphorically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../metaphorically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **metaphysical** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Having to do with the deepest ideas about what is real, beyond what we can see and touch.[↗](../../metaphysical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The root ספ״ר is also utilized to coin the novel metaphysical term סְפִירוֹת Sefirot, on which see SY 1:2 below.[↗](../../metaphysical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../metaphysical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The root SPR thus holds unique metaphysical significance for the SY, alone representing the totality of language by which the world was created and is sustained.[↗](../../metaphysical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../metaphysical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It should probably be understood on one level as a reference to the ten digits of the decimal numeral system, though as we shall see, these Sefirot Belimah are imbued with metaphysical significance beyond mere numerals.[↗](../../metaphysical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../metaphysical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **metaphysics** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The part of philosophy that asks what is real, what exists, and why.[↗](../../metaphysics/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **mete** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* To measure out, or to give out as a reward or punishment.[↗](../../mete/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.[↗](../../mete/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.16.18, JPS 1917) · Wrap yourself in this skin, leave the palace, and walk so long as you can find ground to carry you: when one sacrifices everything to virtue the gods know how to mete out reward.[↗](../../mete/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault) · In the sad and beautiful story of Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes, we have another instance of the severe punishments meted out by Apollo to those who in any way incurred his displeasure.[↗](../../mete/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) **meteor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A streak of light in the night sky made when a small piece of rock or dust from space burns up in the air; a shooting star.[↗](../../meteor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The piece of space rock itself as it falls through the air.[↗](../../meteor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We saw a meteor flash across the sky.[↗](../../meteor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A meteor is also called a shooting star.[↗](../../meteor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Most meteors burn up before they hit the ground.[↗](../../meteor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We stayed up late to watch the meteor shower.[↗](../../meteor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A meteor that reaches the ground is called a meteorite.[↗](../../meteor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Make a wish when you see a meteor\![↗](../../meteor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists study meteors to learn about space.[↗](../../meteor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The meteor left a glowing trail.[↗](../../meteor/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A shooting star lit up the sky, and the boy's thoughts passed in a second from the vapours of the earth up to the shining meteor.[↗](../../meteor/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **meteoric** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very fast and sudden, especially a rise to fame or success: «a meteoric rise».[↗](../../meteoric/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) To do with meteors or meteorites: «meteoric dust», «meteoric iron».[↗](../../meteoric/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The singer had a meteoric rise to fame.[↗](../../meteoric/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The team's meteoric rise took them from the bottom league to the top in three years.[↗](../../meteoric/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tutankhamun had a dagger made of meteoric iron.[↗](../../meteoric/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists study meteoric dust collected from Antarctic ice.[↗](../../meteoric/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her career was meteoric.[↗](../../meteoric/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Meteoric rock is different from Earth rock.[↗](../../meteoric/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The app's meteoric success surprised everyone.[↗](../../meteoric/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Some meteoric rises end just as fast.[↗](../../meteoric/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **meteorite** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A meteorite is a piece of rock or metal from space that has fallen through the air and landed on the Earth's surface.[↗](../../meteorite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The museum has a meteorite you can touch.[↗](../../meteorite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A meteorite made this huge crater in Arizona.[↗](../../meteorite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Most meteorites land in the sea, because most of Earth is water.[↗](../../meteorite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists found meteorites on the ice in Antarctica.[↗](../../meteorite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The meteorite was heavy because it was made mostly of iron.[↗](../../meteorite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A meteor that reaches the ground becomes a meteorite.[↗](../../meteorite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some meteorites came from Mars or the Moon.[↗](../../meteorite/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **meteoroid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small rock or bit of metal travelling through space, smaller than an asteroid.[↗](../../meteoroid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A meteoroid travels very fast through space.[↗](../../meteoroid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When a meteoroid enters the atmosphere, it becomes a meteor.[↗](../../meteoroid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Most meteoroids are no bigger than a grain of sand.[↗](../../meteoroid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If a bit survives and lands, it is a meteorite.[↗](../../meteoroid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Meteoroids can damage satellites.[↗](../../meteoroid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **meteorological** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with the weather and the science of studying it (meteorology).[↗](../../meteorological/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To do with weather conditions in the air around the Earth.[↗](../../meteorological/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The meteorological office warned of a storm.[↗](../../meteorological/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We set up a meteorological station in the school grounds.[↗](../../meteorological/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Meteorological data shows the rainfall each month.[↗](../../meteorological/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pilots need meteorological reports before they fly.[↗](../../meteorological/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Bureau of Meteorology says it will be hot tomorrow.[↗](../../meteorological/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Meteorological instruments include a rain gauge and a thermometer.[↗](../../meteorological/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The meteorological forecast predicts snow.[↗](../../meteorological/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **meteorology** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The science of the weather and the atmosphere: studying air, temperature, wind, clouds and rain to understand and predict the weather.[↗](../../meteorology/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Meteorology is the science of the weather.[↗](../../meteorology/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A scientist who studies meteorology is a meteorologist.[↗](../../meteorology/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class weather station is a small start in meteorology.[↗](../../meteorology/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Met Office uses meteorology to forecast storms.[↗](../../meteorology/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Meteorology helps farmers know when to plant.[↗](../../meteorology/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Satellites have changed meteorology a lot.[↗](../../meteorology/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology issues weather warnings.[↗](../../meteorology/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Meteorology uses maths and computers to predict tomorrow's weather.[↗](../../meteorology/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **meter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A meter is a unit for measuring length.[↗](../../meter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A meter has 100 centimeters; it is about one big step of a grown-up.[↗](../../meter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A meter is also a tool that measures and shows how much of something is used, like a water meter, a gas meter or a parking meter.[↗](../../meter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In poems, meter is the beat or rhythm of the lines.[↗](../../meter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A rope is 12 meters long.[↗](../../meter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sam runs 400 meters every day.[↗](../../meter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fence is 3 meters longer than the wall.[↗](../../meter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many centimeters are in 5 meters?[↗](../../meter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pool is 25 meters long.[↗](../../meter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad put coins in the parking meter.[↗](../../meter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The room has an area of 20 square meters.[↗](../../meter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The water meter shows how much water we used.[↗](../../meter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **methane** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Methane is a gas with no colour or smell that burns easily; it is the main part of natural gas used for cooking and heating.[↗](../../methane/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Methane is the main part of natural gas.[↗](../../methane/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cows burp out methane.[↗](../../methane/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Methane is a greenhouse gas.[↗](../../methane/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rotting rubbish in landfills makes methane.[↗](../../methane/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The gas cooker burns methane.[↗](../../methane/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A methane molecule has 1 carbon and 4 hydrogen atoms; how many atoms in all?[↗](../../methane/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **methinks** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* It seems to me; I think.[↗](../../methinks/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Ay," said Tom, "methinks he might be master with you.[↗](../../methinks/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (More English Fairy Tales) · Today, methinks, is a most delicious day for a poet.[↗](../../methinks/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Andersen's Fairy Tales) · And so, methinks, the Priest may whistle for his money!"[↗](../../methinks/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) **method** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A way of doing something, especially a planned, careful way.[↗](../../method/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science, the list of steps you follow in an experiment.[↗](../../method/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In maths, the steps you use to work out an answer.[↗](../../method/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Show your method, not just the answer.[↗](../../method/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The grid method helps with long multiplication.[↗](../../method/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Write the method for your experiment in numbered steps.[↗](../../method/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there a quicker method?[↗](../../method/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We used two methods to check the answer.[↗](../../method/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientific method means testing ideas with fair experiments.[↗](../../method/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma has her own method for making pancakes.[↗](../../method/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her method was slow but it worked.[↗](../../method/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · man's secret and method, they began to irritate liim with their words, and tinally left liim, t;iking his science with them and became builders like him.[↗](../../method/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../method/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **methodism** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) Methodism is a Christian Protestant church movement started by John and Charles Wesley in England, known for warm preaching, hymn singing, Bible study and helping the poor.[↗](../../methodism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My grandparents belong to the Methodist church.[↗](../../methodism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Methodism began as a movement within the Church of England.[↗](../../methodism/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Methodism is known for its hymn singing.[↗](../../methodism/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · John Wesley rode on horseback to preach Methodism.[↗](../../methodism/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Welsh villages have an old Methodist chapel.[↗](../../methodism/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Methodism teaches care for the poor.[↗](../../methodism/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/25/) **26** [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/27/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) 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