--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 26 description: The 1498 words of the English dictionary under P, 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/P/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/) / P # P — 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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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A phoenix is a magical bird from old stories that burns itself in fire and is born again from its own ashes.[↗](../../phoenix/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Phoenix (capital P) is the capital city of the US state of Arizona, in a hot desert.[↗](../../phoenix/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Phoenix is also a boy's name, used for a character in some old stories.[↗](../../phoenix/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The phoenix rose from the ashes.[↗](../../phoenix/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the phoenix's tears could heal wounds.[↗](../../phoenix/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Phoenix is a very hot city in Arizona.[↗](../../phoenix/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The team rose like a phoenix after losing every game last year.[↗](../../phoenix/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A phoenix is not a real bird.[↗](../../phoenix/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The phoenix had red and gold feathers.[↗](../../phoenix/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dumbledore had a phoenix called Fawkes.[↗](../../phoenix/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school drama club is called the Phoenix Players.[↗](../../phoenix/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "I can go no farther," said Phoenix.[↗](../../phoenix/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix; (Writings JOB.29.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../phoenix/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **phone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A phone is a device for calling and talking to people far away.[↗](../../phone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A mobile phone (cell phone) can also send messages, take photos and use the internet.[↗](../../phone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To phone is to call someone.[↗](../../phone/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «On the phone» means talking by phone.[↗](../../phone/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The phone costs 200 dollars.[↗](../../phone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She talked on the phone for 15 minutes.[↗](../../phone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He saves 20 dollars a week for a phone.[↗](../../phone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She phoned her grandma 3 times this week.[↗](../../phone/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The phone battery is at 20 percent.[↗](../../phone/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In an emergency, phone 911.[↗](../../phone/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your phone away during dinner.[↗](../../phone/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't answer calls from numbers you don't know.[↗](../../phone/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is on the phone with the doctor.[↗](../../phone/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **phoneme** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (language) The smallest unit of sound in a language that can change the meaning of a word, such as /c/, /a/, /t/ in "cat"; changing /c/ to /h/ gives "hat".[↗](../../phoneme/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Ship" has three phonemes: sh-i-p.[↗](../../phoneme/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The word "cat" has three phonemes.[↗](../../phoneme/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Change one phoneme in "pin" to get "pan".[↗](../../phoneme/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · English has about 44 phonemes.[↗](../../phoneme/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The letters "igh" make one phoneme in "night".[↗](../../phoneme/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Robots learn to recognise phonemes in speech.[↗](../../phoneme/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **phonetic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Connected with the sounds of speech.[↗](../../phonetic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Written in a way that shows exactly how a word sounds.[↗](../../phonetic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a phonetic spelling".[↗](../../phonetic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (phonetic alphabet) A set of symbols where each one stands for one sound (IPA), or the list of code words like Alpha, Bravo, Charlie used on radios.[↗](../../phonetic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Spanish spelling is more phonetic than English.[↗](../../phonetic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dictionary gives a phonetic guide to say the word.[↗](../../phonetic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "Skool" is a phonetic spelling of "school".[↗](../../phonetic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pilots use the phonetic alphabet: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie.[↗](../../phonetic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "K" is "Kilo" in the phonetic alphabet.[↗](../../phonetic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some sounds have no letter, so we use phonetic symbols.[↗](../../phonetic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **phonetically** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that matches the sounds of speech.[↗](../../phonetically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Spell it phonetically" means write it the way it sounds.[↗](../../phonetically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To do with the sounds of words, not their meaning.[↗](../../phonetically/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She spelled "because" phonetically as "bcoz".[↗](../../phonetically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sound the word out phonetically: c-a-t.[↗](../../phonetically/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "Colonel" is not spelled phonetically at all.[↗](../../phonetically/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Young children write phonetically at first.[↗](../../phonetically/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the nonsense words phonetically.[↗](../../phonetically/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Finnish is written almost exactly phonetically.[↗](../../phonetically/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **phonics** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Phonics is a way of learning to read by matching letters and groups of letters to the sounds they make.[↗](../../phonics/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Phonics also means the lessons and books that teach this.[↗](../../phonics/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We have phonics every morning before break.[↗](../../phonics/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In phonics we learned that «ai» and «ay» make the same sound.[↗](../../phonics/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother uses phonics to sound out new words.[↗](../../phonics/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Phonics helps you read words you have never seen before.[↗](../../phonics/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher held up phonics cards with letters on them.[↗](../../phonics/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Not every word follows phonics rules, like «said» and «the».[↗](../../phonics/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **phosphoric** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (chemistry) Containing phosphorus, especially in "phosphoric acid", a chemical used in fertilisers, rust remover and some fizzy drinks like cola.[↗](../../phosphoric/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Glowing like phosphorus (old, rare).[↗](../../phosphoric/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cola contains phosphoric acid.[↗](../../phosphoric/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Phosphoric acid can remove rust from metal.[↗](../../phosphoric/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Too many fizzy drinks with phosphoric acid can damage teeth.[↗](../../phosphoric/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Fertiliser factories use phosphoric acid.[↗](../../phosphoric/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The label lists phosphoric acid as an ingredient.[↗](../../phosphoric/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Phosphoric acid is made from phosphorus.[↗](../../phosphoric/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **phosphorus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Phosphorus is a chemical element, a non-metal with the symbol P and atomic number 15.[↗](../../phosphorus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is needed by all living things: it is in our bones, teeth and DNA, and plants need it to grow.[↗](../../phosphorus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Pure white phosphorus glows in the dark and catches fire by itself in air, so it is very dangerous; red phosphorus is safer and is used on matchboxes.[↗](../../phosphorus/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Phosphorus is element number 15 in the periodic table.[↗](../../phosphorus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our bones and teeth contain calcium and phosphorus.[↗](../../phosphorus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers add phosphorus to the soil so crops grow well.[↗](../../phosphorus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The strip on the side of a matchbox has red phosphorus in it.[↗](../../phosphorus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · White phosphorus glows faintly in the dark.[↗](../../phosphorus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never touch white phosphorus; it can burn your skin.[↗](../../phosphorus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Milk, eggs and fish give us phosphorus.[↗](../../phosphorus/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **photo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A photo is a picture taken with a camera or a phone.[↗](../../photo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Photo is short for photograph.[↗](../../photo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She took 36 photos.[↗](../../photo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each page holds 4 photos.[↗](../../photo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many pages does she need for 36 photos?[↗](../../photo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He printed 12 photos.[↗](../../photo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Smile for the class photo\![↗](../../photo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This is a photo of my grandad when he was little.[↗](../../photo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask your friends before you share a photo of them.[↗](../../photo/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The photo shows a koala in a gum tree.[↗](../../photo/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **photocopier** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A photocopier is a machine that makes paper copies of documents or pictures quickly.[↗](../../photocopier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It works with light and toner (a fine powder ink).[↗](../../photocopier/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher made thirty copies on the photocopier.[↗](../../photocopier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The photocopier has run out of paper.[↗](../../photocopier/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Paper got stuck in the photocopier again.[↗](../../photocopier/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our library has a photocopier you can use for ten cents a page.[↗](../../photocopier/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't put your hand on the glass while the photocopier is working.[↗](../../photocopier/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The photocopier made the picture bigger.[↗](../../photocopier/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **photograph** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A photograph is a picture made with a camera.[↗](../../photograph/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To photograph something is to take a picture of it with a camera.[↗](../../photograph/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum took a photograph of us on the beach.[↗](../../photograph/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This old photograph shows my great-grandad.[↗](../../photograph/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask before you take someone's photograph.[↗](../../photograph/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We photographed the plants every day to see them grow.[↗](../../photograph/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school photograph is on the wall.[↗](../../photograph/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is the girl in the photograph?[↗](../../photograph/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You may see photographs of these merry little black fellows before their troubles begin, in “Northern Races of Central Australia,” by Messrs.[↗](../../photograph/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **photographer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who takes photographs, either as a job or as a hobby.[↗](../../photographer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The person who took a particular photo.[↗](../../photographer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school photographer took our class picture today.[↗](../../photographer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to be a wildlife photographer and photograph tigers.[↗](../../photographer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The photographer asked us to say «cheese».[↗](../../photographer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A newspaper photographer came to our sports day.[↗](../../photographer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a keen amateur photographer.[↗](../../photographer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The photographer waited hours for the perfect sunset.[↗](../../photographer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Who was the photographer of this picture?[↗](../../photographer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **photographic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Photographic means to do with photographs or photography.[↗](../../photographic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A photographic memory lets someone remember things in great detail, like a picture.[↗](../../photographic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The museum has an old photographic camera.[↗](../../photographic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She has an almost photographic memory.[↗](../../photographic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The police found photographic evidence.[↗](../../photographic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He works in a photographic studio.[↗](../../photographic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The book has beautiful photographic pictures of animals.[↗](../../photographic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We need photographic ID to enter.[↗](../../photographic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The class set up a photographic display.[↗](../../photographic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Photographic film had to be developed in a dark room.[↗](../../photographic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · When the eye of the murdered man closes, the picture of what it saw last clings to it for a time like a photographic picture.[↗](../../photographic/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **photography** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Photography is the art, hobby or job of taking photographs with a camera or phone.[↗](../../photography/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Photography also means the photos in a book, film or magazine, and how they are done, as in «the film has beautiful photography».[↗](../../photography/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My aunt does wildlife photography and waits hours for one shot.[↗](../../photography/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Flash photography is not allowed in the museum.[↗](../../photography/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a photography lesson on how to use light.[↗](../../photography/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Photography was invented about two hundred years ago.[↗](../../photography/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film's photography made the mountains look magical.[↗](../../photography/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He took up photography as a hobby.[↗](../../photography/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **photoshop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Photoshop, noun) A computer program used to edit pictures.[↗](../../photoshop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, informal) To change a photo digitally, often to make it look better or to fake something that did not happen.[↗](../../photoshop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The magazine photoshopped the model to make her look taller.[↗](../../photoshop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That picture of a shark on the motorway is photoshopped.[↗](../../photoshop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad photoshopped my brother out of the holiday picture as a joke.[↗](../../photoshop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many photos online are photoshopped, so don't compare yourself to them.[↗](../../photoshop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister learned Photoshop in her design class.[↗](../../photoshop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You can tell it's photoshopped because the shadows are wrong.[↗](../../photoshop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you photoshop a hat onto the dog?[↗](../../photoshop/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **photosphere** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The photosphere is the bright outer surface of the Sun (or another star) that we see, from which most of its light shines out.[↗](../../photosphere/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is a layer of very hot gas, about 5,500 degrees Celsius, not a solid surface.[↗](../../photosphere/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The photosphere is the part of the Sun we can see.[↗](../../photosphere/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunspots are darker patches on the photosphere.[↗](../../photosphere/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The photosphere is about 5,500 degrees Celsius.[↗](../../photosphere/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never look at the photosphere without special glasses.[↗](../../photosphere/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Light from the photosphere takes about eight minutes to reach Earth.[↗](../../photosphere/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Above the photosphere is the corona.[↗](../../photosphere/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **photosynthesis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Photosynthesis is the way green plants make their own food using sunlight, water and carbon dioxide from the air, giving out oxygen.[↗](../../photosynthesis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Plants make food by photosynthesis.[↗](../../photosynthesis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Photosynthesis needs sunlight, water and carbon dioxide.[↗](../../photosynthesis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaves are green because of chlorophyll, which traps light for photosynthesis.[↗](../../photosynthesis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Photosynthesis gives out oxygen.[↗](../../photosynthesis/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A plant in a dark cupboard cannot carry out photosynthesis.[↗](../../photosynthesis/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Almost all food chains start with photosynthesis.[↗](../../photosynthesis/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **phrasal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made of a phrase, or to do with phrases.[↗](../../phrasal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In "phrasal verb": a verb made of a verb plus a small word like up, out, off or on, which together have a special meaning, like "give up" or "look after".[↗](../../phrasal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Give up" is a phrasal verb.[↗](../../phrasal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Look after" is a phrasal verb meaning take care of.[↗](../../phrasal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher made a list of phrasal verbs with "get".[↗](../../phrasal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Run out of milk" uses the phrasal verb "run out".[↗](../../phrasal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you replace "find out" with one formal word?[↗](../../phrasal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") Yes: "discover".[↗](../../phrasal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · English has thousands of phrasal verbs.[↗](../../phrasal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **phrase** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small group of words that go together but is not a whole sentence.[↗](../../phrase/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A common saying or expression.[↗](../../phrase/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To say or write something in a particular way.[↗](../../phrase/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (music) A short part of a tune.[↗](../../phrase/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "In the morning" is a phrase, not a sentence.[↗](../../phrase/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Break a leg" is a funny phrase that means good luck.[↗](../../phrase/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you phrase your question more clearly?[↗](../../phrase/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The phrase "how many left" tells you to subtract.[↗](../../phrase/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn the phrases in the French phrase book.[↗](../../phrase/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a nice turn of phrase.[↗](../../phrase/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Play the first phrase of the song again.[↗](../../phrase/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Hebrew version of Rabbi Judah Ha Levi concludes with the phrase, \*\* and said of him.[↗](../../phrase/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../phrase/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Midrash Tanchuma 1:5 on \[Genesis 1:1\], Zohar 1:3a inter alia.\][↗](../../phrase/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") \[note 8: Though the phrase is usually translated the ‘Thirty-Two Paths’, I find that the alliteration of ‘Wondrous Ways of Wisdom’ neatly approximates the SY’s choice of poetic vocabulary.[↗](../../phrase/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../phrase/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **phraseology** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Phraseology is the particular way words are chosen and put together in speech or writing.[↗](../../phraseology/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This particular phraseology is one of several hints that the SY may share a particular literary affiliation with the Sifre Emet, the poems of Psalms, Proverbs, and Job.[↗](../../phraseology/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../phraseology/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The phraseology of the old book was hard to follow.[↗](../../phraseology/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Use simple phraseology when you write for little children.[↗](../../phraseology/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The writer's flowery phraseology made the story long.[↗](../../phraseology/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **physical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Physical means about the body, not the mind: physical exercise, physical pain.[↗](../../physical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Real and solid, things you can touch and see.[↗](../../physical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* About physics or nature: a physical change.[↗](../../physical/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (US noun) A physical is a check-up of your body by a doctor.[↗](../../physical/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* PE stands for physical education.[↗](../../physical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Running is good physical exercise.[↗](../../physical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Melting ice is a physical change.[↗](../../physical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rivers and mountains are physical features on a map.[↗](../../physical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rugby is a very physical sport.[↗](../../physical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A book is a physical object, but an e-book is not.[↗](../../physical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a physical before joining the team.[↗](../../physical/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Giants personified brute strength alone, but the Titans united to their great physical power intellectual qualifications variously developed.[↗](../../physical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And on yet another level, it refers to the physical body, the primary metaphorical sense in which the term is encountered in the SY.[↗](../../physical/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../physical/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · On this point endless dis- cussions arose; and it has even been disputed whether they are designed to express theological, philosophical, or physical mysteries.[↗](../../physical/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../physical/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **physically** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that is about the body, not the mind: physically fit.[↗](../../physically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a way that is about real things you can touch or see: physically impossible.[↗](../../physically/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In person, by being there: physically present.[↗](../../physically/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Running every day keeps you physically fit.[↗](../../physically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It is physically impossible to jump to the Moon.[↗](../../physically/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The boxer was physically strong but tired.[↗](../../physically/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was physically present but his mind was elsewhere.[↗](../../physically/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody was physically hurt in the crash.[↗](../../physically/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I physically can't fit another bite in\![↗](../../physically/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · One of the young volunteers, of whom, physically speaking, it might be said that he had a great head, was on guard that evening at the hospital.[↗](../../physically/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Each working after its own way, physically and spiritually.[↗](../../physically/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../physically/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/25/) **26** [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/27/) … [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/77/) - ← previous: [page 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/25/) - next →: [page 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