--- title: N — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 4 description: The 369 words of the English dictionary under N, 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/N/page/4/) [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/) / N # N — The English dictionary · page 4 [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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[20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/20/) **naught** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old-fashioned, literary) Nothing.[↗](../../naught/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (mainly US) Zero, the number 0 (UK and others usually write "nought").[↗](../../naught/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A good-for-naught is a lazy or useless person who never does anything good.[↗](../../naught/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Not any thing; nothing at all.[↗](../../naught/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* All their hard work came to naught when the rain washed the sandcastle away.[↗](../../naught/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight's quest was all for naught.[↗](../../naught/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "It is naught but a bad dream," said the wizard.[↗](../../naught/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Their plans came to naught.[↗](../../naught/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Without water, the seeds will grow to naught.[↗](../../naught/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He cared naught for gold.[↗](../../naught/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The final score was two to naught.[↗](../../naught/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (US)[↗](../../naught/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “Alas!” said the young man, “her father is a wandering good-for-naught, who has forsaken wife and child, and gone off—who knows where?[↗](../../naught/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Hasn't thou naught for supper, dame?" said he to his wife.[↗](../../naught/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (More English Fairy Tales) · The next court you shall pay reverence to, but do naught nor say aught.[↗](../../naught/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (More English Fairy Tales) · “Alas!” said the young man, “her father is a wandering good-for-naught, who has forsaken wife and child, and gone off—who knows where?[↗](../../naught/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (The Crimson Fairy Book) **naughtiness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Naughtiness is bad behaviour, especially by children, such as not doing what you are told or being cheeky.[↗](../../naughtiness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The puppy's naughtiness made us laugh.[↗](../../naughtiness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There will be no more naughtiness at bedtime.[↗](../../naughtiness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Teachers deal with naughtiness in class.[↗](../../naughtiness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His naughtiness got him sent to his room.[↗](../../naughtiness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The twins were famous for their naughtiness.[↗](../../naughtiness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A little naughtiness is normal for toddlers.[↗](../../naughtiness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I know thy presumptuousness, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.'[↗](../../naughtiness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.17.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../naughtiness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **naughty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Naughty describes a child or pet that behaves badly or does not obey.[↗](../../naughty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Naughty can describe something a bit rude or not proper, in a joking way.[↗](../../naughty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Bad, worthless or wicked; of no value.[↗](../../naughty/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The naughty puppy chewed my shoe.[↗](../../naughty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be naughty in class.[↗](../../naughty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was sent to the naughty step.[↗](../../naughty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Santa checks who's naughty or nice.[↗](../../naughty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sister was naughty and hid the remote.[↗](../../naughty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It was naughty of you to eat all the biscuits\![↗](../../naughty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The naughty kitten knocked over the vase.[↗](../../naughty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · You naughty children--how could you be so disobedient?[↗](../../naughty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I never knew her so naughty before.”[↗](../../naughty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Peter Pan) · You naughty children--how could you be so disobedient?[↗](../../naughty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (The Book of Dragons) · “Fie!” said he.[↗](../../naughty/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") “How naughty a boy Cupid is\![↗](../../naughty/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Andersen's Fairy Tales) **nausea** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The feeling that you are going to be sick (vomit).[↗](../../nausea/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) A strong feeling of disgust.[↗](../../nausea/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The boat trip gave me nausea.[↗](../../nausea/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nausea is a common symptom of a stomach bug.[↗](../../nausea/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A wave of nausea came over her on the bus.[↗](../../nausea/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ginger biscuits can help with nausea.[↗](../../nausea/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell an adult if you have nausea and a bad headache.[↗](../../nausea/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The smell filled him with nausea.[↗](../../nausea/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Looking out of the window can ease car nausea.[↗](../../nausea/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nauseating** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Making you feel sick, as if you might vomit.[↗](../../nauseating/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Very annoying or unpleasant, as in "nauseating showing-off".[↗](../../nauseating/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The smell from the bin was nauseating.[↗](../../nauseating/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rollercoaster was so fast it was nauseating.[↗](../../nauseating/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Reading in the car can be nauseating.[↗](../../nauseating/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His bragging was nauseating.[↗](../../nauseating/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rotten eggs gave off a nauseating stink.[↗](../../nauseating/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some medicines have nauseating side effects.[↗](../../nauseating/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat rocked in a nauseating way.[↗](../../nauseating/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nautical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with ships, sailing or sailors.[↗](../../nautical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Using things or designs from the sea and ships: nautical stripes.[↗](../../nautical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A nautical mile is longer than a normal mile.[↗](../../nautical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain studied the nautical chart.[↗](../../nautical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our bathroom has a nautical theme with anchors.[↗](../../nautical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Port» and «starboard» are nautical words for left and right.[↗](../../nautical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a nautical striped top.[↗](../../nautical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors learn many nautical knots.[↗](../../nautical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum is full of nautical treasures.[↗](../../nautical/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They all donned pirate clothes cut off at the knee, shaved smartly, and tumbled up, with the true nautical roll and hitching their trousers.[↗](../../nautical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **nautilus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sea animal related to the octopus and squid, which lives inside a coiled, striped shell divided into chambers.[↗](../../nautilus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Nautilus: the name of famous submarines, including Captain Nemo's in Jules Verne's novel and the first nuclear submarine (a name).[↗](../../nautilus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A nautilus has up to ninety small tentacles.[↗](../../nautilus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The nautilus shell is a beautiful spiral.[↗](../../nautilus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The nautilus moves up and down by filling its chambers with gas or water.[↗](../../nautilus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In «Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea», the submarine is called the Nautilus.[↗](../../nautilus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a nautilus at the aquarium.[↗](../../nautilus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ammonites were ancient animals like the nautilus.[↗](../../nautilus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She had watched jelly-fish and nautilus swimming a little way below the surface, and beautiful coloured sea-weeds floating about; but that was all.[↗](../../nautilus/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **navajo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A Native American people of the south-western USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah), who call themselves the Diné.[↗](../../navajo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Their language, Navajo, which is still spoken today.[↗](../../navajo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) To do with the Navajo people, as in Navajo weaving.[↗](../../navajo/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Navajo Nation spreads across Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.[↗](../../navajo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Navajo Code Talkers helped the USA in the Second World War.[↗](../../navajo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Navajo people still speak the Navajo language.[↗](../../navajo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We looked at Navajo weaving in the museum.[↗](../../navajo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Navajo call themselves the Diné, meaning "the people".[↗](../../navajo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Monument Valley lies on Navajo land.[↗](../../navajo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Long Walk of 1864 forced thousands of Navajo from their homeland.[↗](../../navajo/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **naval** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Naval means to do with a navy, warships or sailors in the armed forces: a naval officer, a naval battle.[↗](../../naval/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Nelson won the naval battle of Trafalgar.[↗](../../naval/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa was a naval officer in the Royal Navy.[↗](../../naval/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Portsmouth has a famous naval museum.[↗](../../naval/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The naval base is full of grey warships.[↗](../../naval/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Britain was a great naval power for centuries.[↗](../../naval/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The naval band played on the dock.[↗](../../naval/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The naval officer's widow had never heard of them before.[↗](../../naval/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nave** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The middle part of a wheel, into which the spokes are fixed.[↗](../../nave/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel; their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.[↗](../../nave/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.7.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nave/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **navel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The small hollow or bump in the middle of your tummy, left where the umbilical cord was joined before you were born; your belly button.[↗](../../navel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (figurative) The centre of something, as in "the navel of the world".[↗](../../navel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Your navel is where the umbilical cord was.[↗](../../navel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Most people call the navel a belly button.[↗](../../navel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A navel orange has a small bump at one end.[↗](../../navel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people have an "innie" navel and some an "outie".[↗](../../navel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mammals have navels, but birds hatched from eggs do not.[↗](../../navel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop navel-gazing and help us\![↗](../../navel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The yoga teacher told us to breathe into the navel.[↗](../../navel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.[↗](../../navel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.3.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../navel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy navel is like a round goblet, wherein no mingled wine is wanting; thy belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies.[↗](../../navel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.7.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../navel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water for cleansing; thou was not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.[↗](../../navel/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../navel/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **navigate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To find the way to a place, using a map, compass, stars or GPS.[↗](../../navigate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To steer a ship, plane or vehicle along a route.[↗](../../navigate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To move safely through or past difficult things: navigate the busy streets.[↗](../../navigate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (computing) To move around a website or app: navigate to the menu.[↗](../../navigate/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To deal with a hard situation: navigate friendships.[↗](../../navigate/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We used a compass to navigate through the forest.[↗](../../navigate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors once navigated by the stars.[↗](../../navigate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you navigate while I drive?[↗](../../navigate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was hard to navigate the crowded station.[↗](../../navigate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Click here to navigate to the home page.[↗](../../navigate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats navigate in the dark using sound.[↗](../../navigate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain navigated the ship through the storm.[↗](../../navigate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Starting a new school can be tricky to navigate.[↗](../../navigate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **navigation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The skill or process of finding your way or planning a route, especially at sea or in the air.[↗](../../navigation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The steering of a ship or plane.[↗](../../navigation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (computing) The way you move around a website or app; its menus and links.[↗](../../navigation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A system that shows the way, such as a sat nav.[↗](../../navigation/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Navigation was hard for early explorers.[↗](../../navigation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our car has a navigation system.[↗](../../navigation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds use the Earth's magnetism for navigation.[↗](../../navigation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The website has easy navigation.[↗](../../navigation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned map and compass navigation on camp.[↗](../../navigation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lighthouse helps with navigation at night.[↗](../../navigation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn on the navigation app before we leave.[↗](../../navigation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They were at last blown on shore, for navigation was primitive in those days.[↗](../../navigation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **navigator** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who works out the route of a ship, plane or car and tells the driver or pilot where to go.[↗](../../navigator/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sat-nav or app that shows the way.[↗](../../navigator/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) A sailor-explorer who found new sea routes.[↗](../../navigator/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad drove and I was the navigator with the map.[↗](../../navigator/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The navigator used the stars to find the way at night.[↗](../../navigator/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Captain Cook was a famous navigator.[↗](../../navigator/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The plane's navigator checked the course.[↗](../../navigator/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our phone's navigator told us to turn left.[↗](../../navigator/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Polynesian navigators crossed the Pacific in canoes.[↗](../../navigator/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Be a good navigator and read the signs.[↗](../../navigator/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **navy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A navy is the part of a country's armed forces that fights at sea, with ships, sailors and submarines.[↗](../../navy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Navy (navy blue) is a very dark blue colour.[↗](../../navy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My uncle served in the Royal Navy for ten years.[↗](../../navy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school jumper is navy blue.[↗](../../navy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The navy sent ships to help after the flood.[↗](../../navy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a navy coat and red boots.[↗](../../navy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors in the navy learn to swim and tie knots.[↗](../../navy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The two navies fought a great sea battle.[↗](../../navy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Could we ever forgive ourselves if by neglecting a simple precaution we lost more rabbits--or even, perhaps, our navy, our police, and our fire brigade?[↗](../../navy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.[↗](../../navy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.9.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../navy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of sandal-wood and precious stones.[↗](../../navy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.10.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../navy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.[↗](../../navy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.9.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../navy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **nay** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old-fashioned) Nay means «no».[↗](../../nay/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Nay is used to add a stronger word: «It was hard, nay, impossible», meaning «not only that, but even».[↗](../../nay/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A nay is a «no» vote, as in «the ayes and the nays».[↗](../../nay/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A word for "no", or a word that corrects what has just been said ("rather").[↗](../../nay/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Nay, my lord,» said the knight, «I will not go.»[↗](../../nay/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The vote was ten yeas and four nays.[↗](../../nay/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The task was difficult, nay, impossible.[↗](../../nay/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the King James Bible: «Let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay.»[↗](../../nay/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The senators shouted «nay!».[↗](../../nay/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Whether you say yea or nay, we must decide tonight.[↗](../../nay/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Nay,” purred Bagheera, “that may not be.[↗](../../nay/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.'[↗](../../nay/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.18.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nay/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said unto him: 'Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.[↗](../../nay/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nay/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said unto them: 'Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.'[↗](../../nay/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nay/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Nay; but He would give heed unto me.[↗](../../nay/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.23.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nay/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the people said unto Joshua: 'Nay; but we will serve the LORD.'[↗](../../nay/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.24.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nay/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said unto her: 'Nay, but we will return with thee unto thy people.'[↗](../../nay/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.1.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../nay/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.'[↗](../../nay/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.18.15, JPS 1917) · “Nay,” purred Bagheera, “that may not be.[↗](../../nay/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (The Jungle Book) · And they said unto him: 'Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.[↗](../../nay/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.10, JPS 1917) **nazi** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A member of the political party led by Adolf Hitler that ruled Germany before and during World War Two; it believed some people were better than others and murdered millions, including in the Holocaust.[↗](../../nazi/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) To do with that party or its ideas.[↗](../../nazi/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, insult) Someone who is extremely strict or bossy about rules: a grammar nazi — this use is careless and can upset people.[↗](../../nazi/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Nazis ruled Germany during World War Two.[↗](../../nazi/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned how the Nazis persecuted Jewish people.[↗](../../nazi/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Anne Frank hid from the Nazis.[↗](../../nazi/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many countries fought to defeat Nazi Germany.[↗](../../nazi/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Holocaust was carried out by the Nazis.[↗](../../nazi/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nazi ideas were based on hate.[↗](../../nazi/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Calling your teacher a «grammar nazi» is not kind.[↗](../../nazi/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nb** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The letters "nb" are a fragment of damaged scanned text, and the passage around them is Hebrew letters read wrongly.[↗](../../nb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") In other writing "NB" means "note well".[↗](../../nb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* nB3 mynp nna ni2isn hpa graved by the voice, hewn out :mDipD nti-ens in the air, and fixed in the moutli in five places.[↗](../../nb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../nb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/3/) **4** [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/5/) … [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/20/) - ← previous: [page 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/3/) - next →: [page 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