--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 27 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/27/) [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 27 [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 member of the Methodist Church, a Christian group started in England.[↗](../../methodist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) To do with this church (a Methodist chapel).[↗](../../methodist/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our neighbours go to the Methodist church on the corner.[↗](../../methodist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Methodist chapel in the village is very old.[↗](../../methodist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She is a Methodist and sings in the choir.[↗](../../methodist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Methodists are a kind of Christian.[↗](../../methodist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited a Methodist school on our trip.[↗](../../methodist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Methodist Church runs a food bank in town.[↗](../../methodist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **methuselah** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Bible) Methuselah is a man in the Book of Genesis who is said to have lived 969 years, the oldest person in the Bible.[↗](../../methuselah/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A methuselah is a very old person or thing.[↗](../../methuselah/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A methuselah is also a very large wine bottle holding six litres.[↗](../../methuselah/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Bible says Methuselah lived to be 969 years old.[↗](../../methuselah/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad jokes that he is as old as Methuselah.[↗](../../methuselah/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Methuselah was the grandfather of Noah.[↗](../../methuselah/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A pine tree called Methuselah is nearly 5,000 years old.[↗](../../methuselah/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That old car is a real methuselah.[↗](../../methuselah/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A methuselah holds as much as eight normal bottles.[↗](../../methuselah/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah.[↗](../../methuselah/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.5.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../methuselah/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begot Lamech.[↗](../../methuselah/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.5.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../methuselah/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died.[↗](../../methuselah/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.5.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../methuselah/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **metic** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In ancient Greece, a foreigner who lived in a city without being a citizen.[↗](../../metic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **metre** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A metre is a measure of length; a big step is about one metre.[↗](../../metre/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A meter is also a machine that measures something, like a water meter or a parking meter.[↗](../../metre/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Metre can mean the beat in a poem or a song.[↗](../../metre/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A rope is 21 metres long.[↗](../../metre/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sam runs 100 metres.[↗](../../metre/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden is 8 metres long and 5 metres wide.[↗](../../metre/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A metre is 100 centimetres.[↗](../../metre/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A kilometre is 1000 metres.[↗](../../metre/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The door is about 2 metres high.[↗](../../metre/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The giraffe is over 5 metres tall.[↗](../../metre/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Measure the room with a metre stick.[↗](../../metre/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **metric** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (maths, science) Using the metric system of measurement, based on the metre, the kilogram and the litre, with units that go up in tens (10, 100, 1,000).[↗](../../metric/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun, formal) A measure used to judge or compare how well something is doing, such as test scores or sales.[↗](../../metric/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (poetry, rare) To do with the rhythm or metre of a poem.[↗](../../metric/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Most countries use the metric system.[↗](../../metric/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Centimetres and kilograms are metric units.[↗](../../metric/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the UK, road signs show miles, but food is weighed in metric.[↗](../../metric/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A metric tonne is 1,000 kilograms.[↗](../../metric/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Convert 3 metres into centimetres using metric rules: 300 cm.[↗](../../metric/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The USA still mostly uses imperial, not metric.[↗](../../metric/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The company uses customer happiness as a key metric.[↗](../../metric/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **metro** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A metro is an underground railway system in a city, also called a subway (US) or the Underground or Tube (London).[↗](../../metro/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US, Canada, Australia, informal) Metro means the whole city area including its suburbs, as in «the metro area».[↗](../../metro/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Metro is part of the names of some newspapers, buses and shops.[↗](../../metro/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We took the metro to the museum.[↗](../../metro/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The metro station was crowded at rush hour.[↗](../../metro/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Paris, the Métro has stations with pretty old signs.[↗](../../metro/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The metro map shows lines in different colours.[↗](../../metro/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm stopped the metro trains for an hour.[↗](../../metro/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Toronto metro area has millions of people.[↗](../../metro/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **metronome** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A metronome is a device that ticks or clicks at a steady speed to help musicians keep time.[↗](../../metronome/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My piano teacher sets the metronome to 80 beats a minute.[↗](../../metronome/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The metronome clicked steadily.[↗](../../metronome/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Practise with a metronome to keep a steady beat.[↗](../../metronome/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old metronome has a swinging arm.[↗](../../metronome/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a metronome app on my phone.[↗](../../metronome/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His running steps were as regular as a metronome.[↗](../../metronome/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **metropolis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very large, important city, often the main city of a country.[↗](../../metropolis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He had never been to the metropolis before.[↗](../../metropolis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The boy travelled to the metropolis to find work.[↗](../../metropolis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · London is a busy metropolis.[↗](../../metropolis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **metropolitan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Metropolitan means belonging to a very big city, called a metropolis, and the towns around it.[↗](../../metropolitan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church) A metropolitan is a senior bishop in charge of an area, especially in the Orthodox churches.[↗](../../metropolitan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Metropolitan France means the main part of France in Europe, not its overseas lands.[↗](../../metropolitan/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* More than five million people live in the Melbourne metropolitan area.[↗](../../metropolitan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Metropolitan Police look after London.[↗](../../metropolitan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[↗](../../metropolitan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Metropolitan areas often have busy trains and buses.[↗](../../metropolitan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The metropolitan led the Easter service in the cathedral.[↗](../../metropolitan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Transport for London runs the Metropolitan line on the Underground.[↗](../../metropolitan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Rural areas are quieter than metropolitan ones.[↗](../../metropolitan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mettle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Courage and strength of character, shown when a person faces a hard test.[↗](../../mettle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight showed his mettle in the battle.[↗](../../mettle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hard race will test your mettle.[↗](../../mettle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bold and proud, he was eager to prove his mettle.[↗](../../mettle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **mew** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The soft, high crying sound a cat or kitten makes; to make this sound.[↗](../../mew/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The cry of a gull or other bird, especially the mew gull (a kind of seagull).[↗](../../mew/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (mews, UK) A row of old stables in a city, now turned into houses, or a small street with such houses.[↗](../../mew/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* In the Torah, a mew is a sea-gull, a seabird; in the fairy tales it is a cat's soft high cry.[↗](../../mew/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The kitten mewed for its mother.[↗](../../mew/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard a tiny mew from under the shed.[↗](../../mew/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gulls mewed over the harbour.[↗](../../mew/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt lives in a mews in London.[↗](../../mew/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat gave a sad little mew at the door.[↗](../../mew/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A mew gull is smaller than a herring gull.[↗](../../mew/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And then it mewed more than ever.[↗](../../mew/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds; (Torah LEV.11.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mew/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds;[↗](../../mew/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.16, JPS 1917) · And then it mewed more than ever.[↗](../../mew/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (The Book of Dragons) · "Well, I should have mewed," said the kitchen-cat.[↗](../../mew/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) **mews** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK) A row of old stables in a small street or yard, often now turned into houses or flats; also the name of the little street: «a mews house».[↗](../../mews/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb form) Third person of «mew»: the cat mews, meaning it makes a soft crying sound.[↗](../../mews/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old) A building where hunting hawks were kept, especially while they moulted.[↗](../../mews/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In old books, mews can mean a seagull, a bird that cries over the sea.[↗](../../mews/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They live in a pretty mews house in London.[↗](../../mews/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The mews used to be stables for horses.[↗](../../mews/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cobbled mews is closed to cars.[↗](../../mews/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tiny kitten mews for its mother.[↗](../../mews/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our address is 4 Stable Mews.[↗](../../mews/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A mews was once where hawks were kept.[↗](../../mews/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitten mewed and mewed until we fed it.[↗](../../mews/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Many mews houses still have big old stable doors.[↗](../../mews/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The great white sea-mews flew over her head, and screamed as the crows and daws screamed at home in the garden of the manor house.[↗](../../mews/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **mexican** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) From or to do with Mexico, its people, language or culture.[↗](../../mexican/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A person from Mexico.[↗](../../mexican/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Food in the style of Mexico, such as tacos and burritos.[↗](../../mexican/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had Mexican food for dinner: tacos and beans.[↗](../../mexican/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend's mum is Mexican.[↗](../../mexican/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd did a Mexican wave around the stadium.[↗](../../mexican/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mexican flags are green, white and red.[↗](../../mexican/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Mexicans speak Spanish.[↗](../../mexican/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mexican desert is home to many cacti.[↗](../../mexican/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned a Mexican song in music.[↗](../../mexican/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They opened a Mexican restaurant on our street.[↗](../../mexican/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then one day a favorite rabbit of the Princess's, called Frederick, mysteriously disappeared, and then came a terrible morning when the Mexican lapdog was missing.[↗](../../mexican/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **mg** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* mg is short for milligram, a very small unit of mass: there are 1,000 mg in 1 gram.[↗](../../mg/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* MG (capitals) is also a British car brand.[↗](../../mg/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This vitamin tablet has 200 mg of vitamin C.[↗](../../mg/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 1 gram is the same as 1,000 mg.[↗](../../mg/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Convert 3 g into milligrams: 3,000 mg.[↗](../../mg/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The label says 5 mg of salt per biscuit.[↗](../../mg/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A grain of rice weighs about 20 mg.[↗](../../mg/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said to take one 250 mg tablet twice a day.[↗](../../mg/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mi** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mi is the short way to write mile, a long unit of length for roads and trips.[↗](../../mi/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A mile is about 1.6 kilometers.[↗](../../mi/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In singing (do, re, mi), mi is the third note of the scale.[↗](../../mi/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The town is 12 mi away.[↗](../../mi/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She drives 30 mi each day.[↗](../../mi/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The trail is 4 mi long.[↗](../../mi/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A car goes 60 mi in one hour.[↗](../../mi/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sign said: Beach 3 mi.[↗](../../mi/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The speed limit is 25 mph near the school.[↗](../../mi/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do.[↗](../../mi/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We hiked 2 mi before lunch.[↗](../../mi/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **miami** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large city in the state of Florida, in the south-east of the USA, famous for its beaches, warm weather and Latin American culture.[↗](../../miami/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Miami is a city in Florida.[↗](../../miami/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We flew to Miami for a beach holiday.[↗](../../miami/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It is warm in Miami even in winter.[↗](../../miami/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people in Miami speak Spanish and English.[↗](../../miami/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hurricanes sometimes hit Miami.[↗](../../miami/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cruise ships leave from the port of Miami.[↗](../../miami/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Miami has a famous art deco district.[↗](../../miami/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **miaou** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The sound a cat makes.[↗](../../miaou/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To make this sound: «The cat miaoued at the door».[↗](../../miaou/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Miaou!» said the little cat.[↗](../../miaou/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat miaoued at the back door to be let in.[↗](../../miaou/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our kitten gives a tiny miaou when she is hungry.[↗](../../miaou/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In French books cats say «miaou».[↗](../../miaou/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Miaou» is a word that sounds like the noise it names.[↗](../../miaou/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat's miaous woke me up at five o'clock.[↗](../../miaou/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I heard a sad miaou from the shed.[↗](../../miaou/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Dogs say «woof», cats say «miaou».[↗](../../miaou/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Miaou!" said Old Tom in answer.[↗](../../miaou/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **miaow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A miaow is the sound a cat makes.[↗](../../miaow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To miaow is to make that sound.[↗](../../miaow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The kitten gave a little miaow.[↗](../../miaow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Miaow!» said the cat at the door.[↗](../../miaow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our cat miaows when she is hungry.[↗](../../miaow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat miaowed all night.[↗](../../miaow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Miaow» is an onomatopoeia.[↗](../../miaow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I heard a sad miaow from the tree.[↗](../../miaow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **miasma** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cloud of bad-smelling, unhealthy air, such as the smell from rotting things or a swamp.[↗](../../miasma/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (figurative) A heavy, unpleasant feeling that hangs over a place: «a miasma of gloom».[↗](../../miasma/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history of science) The old wrong idea that diseases like cholera were caused by «bad air» (miasma), before germs were discovered.[↗](../../miasma/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A miasma rose from the rotting swamp.[↗](../../miasma/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · People once blamed cholera on miasma, or bad air.[↗](../../miasma/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · John Snow showed that dirty water, not miasma, spread cholera.[↗](../../miasma/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A miasma of cigarette smoke filled the old pub.[↗](../../miasma/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A miasma of sadness hung over the empty house.[↗](../../miasma/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Miasma theory was replaced by germ theory.[↗](../../miasma/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The dragon's cave was full of a foul miasma.[↗](../../miasma/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Florence Nightingale also believed in miasma, but her cleaning still saved lives.[↗](../../miasma/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Short for microphone: a device that picks up sound so it can be made louder or recorded.[↗](../../mic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, informal) To put a microphone on someone: they mic'd up the speaker.[↗](../../mic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can you hear me?[↗](../../mic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Is my mic working?[↗](../../mic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The head teacher tapped the mic before speaking.[↗](../../mic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Please mute your mic during the video lesson.[↗](../../mic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We sang at the open mic night.[↗](../../mic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Mic check, one, two!»[↗](../../mic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The singer dropped the mic at the end.[↗](../../mic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They mic'd up the footballer for the interview.[↗](../../mic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My gaming headset has a mic.[↗](../../mic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mica** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mineral found in rocks that splits into very thin, shiny, see-through sheets.[↗](../../mica/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The glittery flakes of this mineral seen in rocks such as granite.[↗](../../mica/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The granite sparkled with flakes of mica.[↗](../../mica/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mica splits into thin, see-through layers.[↗](../../mica/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We found mica in the rock sample.[↗](../../mica/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some glittery make-up contains mica.[↗](../../mica/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mica does not melt easily, so it is used in heaters.[↗](../../mica/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher peeled a thin sheet of mica with a knife.[↗](../../mica/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mica makes some sand glitter in the sun.[↗](../../mica/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Now Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica.[↗](../../mica/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.9.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mica/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; (Writings 1CH.9.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mica/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **michael** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Michael is a common boy's and man's name in English-speaking countries (a name); short forms are Mike, Mick, Mikey and Mickey.[↗](../../michael/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible, church) Michael is an archangel in the Bible, who Christians believe leads God's angels against evil; Saint Michael is shown with a sword, defeating a dragon.[↗](../../michael/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Michael sits next to me in maths.[↗](../../michael/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle Michael is called Mike for short.[↗](../../michael/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Saint Michael is shown defeating a dragon.[↗](../../michael/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, Michael is an archangel.[↗](../../michael/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Michael scored the winning goal.[↗](../../michael/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The church is named after Saint Michael.[↗](../../michael/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.[↗](../../michael/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.13.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../michael/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, were the sons of Beriah.[↗](../../michael/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.8.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../michael/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah; (Writings 1CH.6.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../michael/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David; of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael; (Writings 1CH.27.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../michael/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/26/) **27** [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/28/) … 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