--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 43 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/43/) [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 43 [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 moonbeam is a ray of light from the moon.[↗](../../moonbeam/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A moonbeam came through the window.[↗](../../moonbeam/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fairies danced in the moonbeams.[↗](../../moonbeam/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Something glistened in the moonbeam like drops of dew.[↗](../../moonbeam/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **moonlight** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Moonlight is the light that comes from the Moon at night.[↗](../../moonlight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To moonlight is to do a second job secretly or in your spare time.[↗](../../moonlight/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lake shone in the moonlight.[↗](../../moonlight/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We walked home by moonlight.[↗](../../moonlight/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Moonlight is sunlight bouncing off the Moon.[↗](../../moonlight/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The owl hunted in the moonlight.[↗](../../moonlight/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden looked silver in the moonlight.[↗](../../moonlight/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He moonlights as a taxi driver at weekends.[↗](../../moonlight/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I ran about the streets in the moonlight.[↗](../../moonlight/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **moonlit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Moonlit means lit by the light of the Moon.[↗](../../moonlit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We walked along the moonlit beach.[↗](../../moonlit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The moonlit garden looked silver.[↗](../../moonlit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · An owl flew across the moonlit sky.[↗](../../moonlit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle stood dark on a moonlit hill.[↗](../../moonlit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A moonlit night is good for spotting badgers.[↗](../../moonlit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lake shone in the moonlit darkness.[↗](../../moonlit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **moonshine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Moonshine is the pale light of the moon.[↗](../../moonshine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Moonshine means nonsense or untrue talk.[↗](../../moonshine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They danced hand in hand by the lake in the moonshine.[↗](../../moonshine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stand in the moonshine and wait for the elves.[↗](../../moonshine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "Don't talk moonshine," said Mum when I told her about the dragon.[↗](../../moonshine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **moonwalk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A walk on the surface of the Moon by an astronaut.[↗](../../moonwalk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A dance move where you seem to walk forwards but actually slide backwards, made famous by the singer Michael Jackson.[↗](../../moonwalk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To do this dance move, or to walk on the Moon.[↗](../../moonwalk/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Neil Armstrong's moonwalk was watched by millions of people on television.[↗](../../moonwalk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The astronauts collected rocks during their moonwalk.[↗](../../moonwalk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Leo can moonwalk across the kitchen floor in his socks.[↗](../../moonwalk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · At the school disco everyone tried to moonwalk.[↗](../../moonwalk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · On a moonwalk, astronauts bounce because the Moon's gravity is weak.[↗](../../moonwalk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Michael Jackson made the moonwalk famous in 1983.[↗](../../moonwalk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We read a book about the first moonwalk.[↗](../../moonwalk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **moor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun, mostly UK) A wide, open area of high land with rough grass, heather and few trees.[↗](../../moor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To tie up a boat or ship so it stays in one place, using ropes or an anchor.[↗](../../moor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Moor (capital M): one of the Muslim people from North Africa who ruled much of Spain in the Middle Ages.[↗](../../moor/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went walking across the moor.[↗](../../moor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Purple heather covers the moors in summer.[↗](../../moor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fog came down over the moor and we got lost.[↗](../../moor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailors moored the boat at the harbour.[↗](../../moor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The yacht was moored to a buoy.[↗](../../moor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Moors built beautiful palaces in Spain.[↗](../../moor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, a strange howl came from the moor.[↗](../../moor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "In our nest on the moor.[↗](../../moor/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **moorhen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A moorhen is a black water bird with a red and yellow beak and a white stripe on its side, often seen on ponds, rivers and canals.[↗](../../moorhen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A moorhen swam across the duck pond.[↗](../../moorhen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The moorhen has a bright red beak.[↗](../../moorhen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Moorhen chicks are fluffy and black.[↗](../../moorhen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Moorhens flick their tails when nervous.[↗](../../moorhen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We counted three moorhens on the canal.[↗](../../moorhen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A moorhen built its nest in the reeds.[↗](../../moorhen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mooring** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A place where a boat is tied up, often with a rope to a post or buoy.[↗](../../mooring/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Moorings are the ropes, chains and anchors that hold a boat in place.[↗](../../mooring/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Mooring» is also the -ing form of «to moor», tying a boat up.[↗](../../mooring/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (figurative) Losing your moorings means losing the things that keep you steady.[↗](../../mooring/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Rat tied the boat to its mooring.[↗](../../mooring/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The boats bobbed at their moorings in the harbour.[↗](../../mooring/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They were mooring the boat for the night.[↗](../../mooring/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm tore the yacht from its moorings.[↗](../../mooring/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We found a mooring near the lock.[↗](../../mooring/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Without his friends, he felt he had lost his moorings.[↗](../../mooring/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **moorish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with the Moors, the Muslim people from North Africa who ruled much of Spain and Portugal for hundreds of years in the Middle Ages.[↗](../../moorish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the style of Moorish art and buildings, with arches, tiles, patterns and courtyards.[↗](../../moorish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, informal, usually spelled "moreish") So tasty that you want more.[↗](../../moorish/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Alhambra in Granada is a beautiful Moorish palace.[↗](../../moorish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Moorish buildings often have horseshoe-shaped arches.[↗](../../moorish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The walls were covered in Moorish tiles with star patterns.[↗](../../moorish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Moorish scholars brought new ideas in maths and science to Europe.[↗](../../moorish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned about Moorish Spain in our history topic.[↗](../../moorish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · These crisps are really moreish, I can't stop eating them\![↗](../../moorish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (UK)[↗](../../moorish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The courtyard had a Moorish fountain in the middle.[↗](../../moorish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **moorland** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Moorland is wide open high land covered with heather and rough grass, often wet and bare.[↗](../../moorland/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sheep graze on the moorland.[↗](../../moorland/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The path crossed the moorland in thick mist.[↗](../../moorland/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Snow covered the moorland all winter.[↗](../../moorland/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **moose** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A moose is a very large deer with long legs, a big nose, a flap of skin under its chin, and wide flat antlers on the male.[↗](../../moose/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A moose stood in the lake eating plants.[↗](../../moose/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The moose is the biggest kind of deer.[↗](../../moose/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw three moose in Canada.[↗](../../moose/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Only male moose grow antlers.[↗](../../moose/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Watch out for moose on the road at night.[↗](../../moose/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A baby moose is called a calf.[↗](../../moose/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **moot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A moot point is a question that people still argue about and have not settled.[↗](../../moot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To moot an idea is to raise it for discussion.[↗](../../moot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Whether the wolf was really a dog is a moot point.[↗](../../moot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher mooted a trip to the zoo.[↗](../../moot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody has settled the moot question of who first wrote the tale.[↗](../../moot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **mop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mop is a cleaning tool with a long handle and thick strings or a sponge at the end, used to wash floors.[↗](../../mop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To mop means to clean or wipe with a mop or cloth.[↗](../../mop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A mop of hair is a thick, messy lot of hair.[↗](../../mop/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To mop up means to clean up liquid, or to finish dealing with something.[↗](../../mop/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please mop up the spilled juice.[↗](../../mop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad mopped the kitchen floor.[↗](../../mop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Careful — the floor has just been mopped\![↗](../../mop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a mop of curly red hair.[↗](../../mop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The caretaker brought a mop and bucket.[↗](../../mop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He mopped his face with a towel.[↗](../../mop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We mopped up the water after the bath overflowed.[↗](../../mop/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Put out a wet floor sign after you mop.[↗](../../mop/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The man took off his cap and mopped his brow.[↗](../../mop/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **mope** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To mope is to be low, sad and dull, sitting about and not wanting to join in.[↗](../../mope/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't mope; go and play with the others.[↗](../../mope/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He moped in his room all day.[↗](../../mope/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Brer Rabbit moped about the house, looking sad.[↗](../../mope/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **mopping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mopping is cleaning a floor with a mop and water.[↗](../../mopping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Mopping can mean wiping something such as sweat or tears with a cloth.[↗](../../mopping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* "Mopping up" means cleaning up spilled liquid or finishing the last parts of a job.[↗](../../mopping/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum is mopping the kitchen floor.[↗](../../mopping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Careful, I've just finished mopping.[↗](../../mopping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The caretaker was mopping up the spilled paint.[↗](../../mopping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He kept mopping his brow in the heat.[↗](../../mopping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We spent the afternoon mopping up after the flood.[↗](../../mopping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mopping is easier with warm water.[↗](../../mopping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "No," answered Uncle Remus, mopping his benign features with a very large and very red bandana.[↗](../../mopping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **moral** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) The lesson about right and wrong that a story teaches (the moral of the story).[↗](../../moral/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) To do with what is right and wrong (a moral choice).[↗](../../moral/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Good, honest and fair (a very moral person).[↗](../../moral/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Morals (plural noun): a person's beliefs about right and wrong.[↗](../../moral/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Moral support: help by being there and encouraging, not by doing.[↗](../../moral/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The moral of the story is: don't tell lies.[↗](../../moral/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Aesop's fables each end with a moral.[↗](../../moral/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Telling the truth was the moral thing to do.[↗](../../moral/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She came to the dentist with me for moral support.[↗](../../moral/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He is a man of strong morals.[↗](../../moral/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Should you keep money you find?[↗](../../moral/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") That's a moral question.[↗](../../moral/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Do you mean to say that the story has a moral?”[↗](../../moral/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **moralise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To moralise is to talk or write about right and wrong, often in a preachy way, drawing a lesson from a story.[↗](../../moralise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher moralised about telling the truth.[↗](../../moralise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old tale moralises: be kind to all.[↗](../../moralise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't moralise at me; I know what is right.[↗](../../moralise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **morality** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Morality is knowing what is right and wrong, and a set of rules about how people should behave.[↗](../../morality/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stories can teach morality to young children.[↗](../../morality/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fairy tale has a clear morality: be honest.[↗](../../morality/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Homer's gods have little morality.[↗](../../morality/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **morally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that is about right and wrong behaviour: morally right, morally wrong.[↗](../../morally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a way that is good and honest: to act morally.[↗](../../morally/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Morally can also mean in the mind or feelings rather than in the body, as when grief crushes a person.[↗](../../morally/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stealing is morally wrong.[↗](../../morally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Is it morally right to keep money you find?[↗](../../morally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt morally bound to tell the truth.[↗](../../morally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight always tried to act morally.[↗](../../morally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Something can be allowed by law but still be morally wrong.[↗](../../morally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We discussed a morally difficult choice.[↗](../../morally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · \[238\] Properly speaking "grief," that which morally krushit or crushes a man.[↗](../../morally/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **morass** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A morass is soft, wet ground that sinks under your feet, a bog.[↗](../../morass/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A morass can also mean a confused mess one is stuck in.[↗](../../morass/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The horse sank into the morass.[↗](../../morass/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They waded through a morass of mud.[↗](../../morass/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was stuck in a morass of debts and worry.[↗](../../morass/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **moray** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A moray, or moray eel, is a long, snake-like fish with sharp teeth that lives in holes in coral reefs and rocks in warm seas.[↗](../../moray/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Moray is also an area in the north-east of Scotland, and the Moray Firth is a sea inlet there famous for dolphins.[↗](../../moray/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A moray eel peeked out of its hole in the reef.[↗](../../moray/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Moray eels have two sets of jaws.[↗](../../moray/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Divers keep their hands away from moray eels.[↗](../../moray/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The moray looked fierce but stayed in its hole.[↗](../../moray/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw dolphins in the Moray Firth.[↗](../../moray/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Moray is in the north of Scotland.[↗](../../moray/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Morays hunt fish and octopus at night.[↗](../../moray/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Cleaner shrimps clean the moray eel's teeth.[↗](../../moray/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **more** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* More means a bigger number or amount: more apples, more water.[↗](../../more/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* More means extra, in addition: three more.[↗](../../more/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «More than» compares: 8 is more than 5 (8 \> 5).[↗](../../more/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* More makes longer adjectives compare: more beautiful.[↗](../../more/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Most means the biggest number or amount of all.[↗](../../more/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* «More or less» means about; «once more» means one more time; «no more» means none left or not any longer.[↗](../../more/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (casual) «Any more?», «more pls», «moar» (joking spelling online) ask for extra; «what's more» adds a point.[↗](../../more/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) The exam voice says «additional», «further», «a further 4», «in excess of», «exceeding», «surplus», «by how many does … exceed …».[↗](../../more/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Zoe gets 8 more cards.[↗](../../more/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · How many more books does Tom have than Ben?[↗](../../more/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ann has 3 apples.[↗](../../more/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") She picks 4 more.[↗](../../more/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I have some more pasta?[↗](../../more/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · 10 is more than 7.[↗](../../more/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Read it once more, please.[↗](../../more/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This puzzle is more difficult than the last one.[↗](../../more/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Who has the most stickers?[↗](../../more/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There is no more milk.[↗](../../more/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · can i have 2 more?? pleeease[↗](../../more/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · You've got 3 more than me, that's not fair\![↗](../../more/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · By how many does the quantity held by Tom exceed that held by Ben, given that Tom holds 12 and Ben holds 7?[↗](../../more/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He mustn't have that any more!"[↗](../../more/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.[↗](../../more/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.22.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../more/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.[↗](../../more/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.10.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../more/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore.[↗](../../more/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../more/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · It shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.[↗](../../more/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.21.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../more/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou lovest evil more than good; falsehood rather than speaking righteousness.[↗](../../more/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.52.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../more/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD increase you more and more, you and your children.[↗](../../more/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.115.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../more/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **moreover** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Moreover means also, and besides.[↗](../../moreover/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It adds one more point to what has just been said.[↗](../../moreover/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Moreover, the Giantess was very kind to me.[↗](../../moreover/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It was cold; moreover, the wind was strong.[↗](../../moreover/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man was poor and, moreover, he was lonely.[↗](../../moreover/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Moreover the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: (Torah EXO.30.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moreover/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I know not the LORD, and moreover I will not let Israel go.'[↗](../../moreover/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moreover/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She said moreover unto him: 'We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.'[↗](../../moreover/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moreover/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said: (Writings JOB.40.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moreover/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: (Prophets EZK.7.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moreover/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying: (Prophets EZK.12.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../moreover/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/42/) **43** [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/44/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) - ← previous: [page 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/42/) - next →: [page 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/44/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)