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title: M — The Judaism dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 2
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- [max](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/max/) — Short for «maximum»: the biggest amount possible. — 15 sentences
- [may](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/may/) — May means something is allowed: you may go out. — 34 sentences
- [meadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meadow/) — A meadow is a field of grass and wild flowers, often used for hay or grazing animals. — 14 sentences
- [meal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meal/) — A meal is the food you eat at one time, such as breakfast, lunch or dinner. — 22 sentences
- [mean](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mean/) — To mean is to have a sense. — 29 sentences
- [meaning](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meaning/) — The meaning of a word or sign is what it stands for or expresses. — 20 sentences
- [measure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/measure/) — To measure is to find out the size, length, weight, time or amount of something with a tool, like a ruler, a tape, scales or a clock. — 26 sentences
- [meat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meat/) — Meat is the flesh of animals, such as cows, pigs, sheep and chickens, eaten as food. — 15 sentences
- [meddle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meddle/) — To get involved in someone else's business when you are not wanted, and often make things worse. — 15 sentences
- [meddling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meddling/) — The act of getting involved in other people's business when you are not wanted. — 14 sentences
- [mediaeval](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mediaeval/) — From or to do with the Middle Ages, the time in Europe from about 500 to 1500 AD. — 10 sentences
- [mediate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mediate/) — To mediate is to help two people or groups who disagree to talk and find an agreement, without taking sides. — 14 sentences
- [mediator](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mediator/) — A mediator is a person who helps two people or groups who disagree to talk calmly and reach an agreement. — 14 sentences
- [medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/medicine/) — A pill, liquid or cream that a doctor or chemist gives to help you get better when ill. — 17 sentences
- [medieval](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/medieval/) — Medieval means from or about the Middle Ages, the long period in European history after the Roman times and before the modern age. — 9 sentences
- [meditate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meditate/) — To meditate is to sit quietly and focus your mind, often on your breathing, to feel calm and peaceful. — 18 sentences
- [meditation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meditation/) — Sitting quietly and focusing your mind, for example on your breathing, to feel calm and relaxed. — 18 sentences
- [medley](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/medley/) — A mixture of different things, often put together without order. — 2 sentences
- [meek](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meek/) — Quiet, gentle and patient; not easily angry and not wanting to argue. — 14 sentences
- [meekness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meekness/) — Meekness is quiet, gentle behaviour; a person with meekness is not proud, loud or angry. — 10 sentences
- [meet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meet/) — To meet is to come together with someone at the same place. — 25 sentences
- [meeting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meeting/) — A meeting is when people come together to talk about something, plan or decide. — 22 sentences
- [melody](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/melody/) — A melody is a tune: a series of musical notes, one after another, that sounds pleasing and is easy to remember. — 17 sentences
- [melon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/melon/) — A melon is a big round or oval fruit with a hard skin and a sweet, juicy inside full of seeds. — 11 sentences
- [melt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/melt/) — To melt is to change from a solid into a liquid because of heat: ice melts into water. — 23 sentences
- [mem](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mem/) — The thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, written מ. — 16 sentences
- [member](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/member/) — A member is a person who belongs to a group, like a club, a team or a family. — 14 sentences
- [memorial](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/memorial/) — A memorial is a statue, stone, building or event that helps people remember a person who died or something that happened. — 22 sentences
- [memory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/memory/) — Memory is the ability of your brain to keep and remember things. — 20 sentences
- [mend](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mend/) — To repair something that is broken, torn or not working. — 13 sentences
- [mention](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mention/) — To say or write something about someone or something briefly, without giving lots of details. — 23 sentences
- [mercenary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercenary/) — A soldier who fights for any country or group that pays them, not for their own country. — 9 sentences
- [merchandise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/merchandise/) — Goods that are bought and sold, especially in shops. — 18 sentences
- [merchant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/merchant/) — A merchant is a person who buys and sells goods to make money, a trader. — 20 sentences
- [merciful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/merciful/) — Showing mercy: kind and forgiving to someone you could punish or harm. — 18 sentences
- [mercury](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercury/) — Mercury is a silvery metal that is liquid at room temperature; it was used in old thermometers. — 17 sentences
- [mercy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/) — Mercy is kindness or forgiveness shown to someone you could punish or hurt. — 24 sentences
- [mere](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mere/) — Mere means only, just, no more than: a mere child, a mere five minutes. It makes something sound small or unimportant. — 17 sentences
- [merely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/merely/) — Merely means only or just, showing that something is small or not important. — 16 sentences
- [merit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/merit/) — Merit is the quality of being good and deserving praise or a reward. — 20 sentences
- [merrily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/merrily/) — In a happy, cheerful, jolly way. — 9 sentences
- [merry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/merry/) — Merry means happy, cheerful and full of fun. — 20 sentences
- [mess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mess/) — A mess is a place or things that are untidy or dirty, like a messy bedroom. — 19 sentences
- [message](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/message/) — A piece of information that someone sends or leaves for another person, in words, writing or on a phone. — 19 sentences
- [messenger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/messenger/) — A person who carries a message, letter or parcel from one person or place to another. — 22 sentences
- [messiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/messiah/) — In Judaism, the Messiah is a future king from the family of David whom God will send to bring peace and rescue the Jewish people. — 12 sentences
- [metaphor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/metaphor/) — A metaphor is a way of describing something by saying it IS something else, to show what it is like, without using «like» or «as»: «The cl… — 13 sentences
- [metaphorical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/metaphorical/) — Used as a picture or comparison, not meant literally. — 3 sentences
- [metaphorically](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/metaphorically/) — In a way that uses a comparison or picture, not literally. — 3 sentences
- [metaphysical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/metaphysical/) — Having to do with the deepest ideas about what is real, beyond what we can see and touch. — 7 sentences
- [metaphysics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/metaphysics/) — The part of philosophy that asks what is real, what exists, and why. — 1 sentences
- [method](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/method/) — A way of doing something, especially a planned, careful way. — 13 sentences
- [methuselah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/methuselah/) — Methuselah is a man in the Book of Genesis who is said to have lived 969 years, the oldest person in the Bible. — 15 sentences
- [metic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/metic/) — In ancient Greece, a foreigner who lived in a city without being a citizen. — 1 sentences
- [mew](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mew/) — The soft, high crying sound a cat or kitten makes; to make this sound. — 11 sentences
- [mica](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mica/) — A mineral found in rocks that splits into very thin, shiny, see-through sheets. — 12 sentences
- [michael](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/michael/) — Michael is a common boy's and man's name in English-speaking countries (a name); short forms are Mike, Mick, Mikey and Mickey. — 14 sentences
- [microcosm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/microcosm/) — A "small world"; a small thing that is a model of the whole universe, such as a human being. — 7 sentences
- [mid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mid/) — Mid means in the middle of something, often in a word with a hyphen: mid-morning, mid-air, mid-sentence. — 15 sentences
- [midday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/midday/) — Midday is twelve o'clock in the middle of the day; noon. — 11 sentences
- [middle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/middle/) — The middle is the part that is halfway between the two ends or sides. In a row of three, the middle one is the second. — 26 sentences
- [middlemost](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/middlemost/) — The one in the middle of three; the middle one. — 5 sentences
- [midnight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/midnight/) — Midnight is twelve o'clock at night, the moment when one day ends and the next one begins. — 18 sentences
- [midrash](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/midrash/) — A Jewish way of explaining the Bible by looking closely at its words and telling stories about them; also a book of such explanations. — 4 sentences
- [midst](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/midst/) — The middle part of something, especially among a crowd or group of people. — 15 sentences
- [midwife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/midwife/) — A trained nurse or health worker who helps women while they are pregnant, while they give birth and just afterwards. — 13 sentences
- [might](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/might/) — Used to say something is possible but not sure. — 27 sentences
- [mightily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mightily/) — With great strength or force, very hard. — 11 sentences
- [mighty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mighty/) — Very strong or powerful. — 25 sentences
- [milch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/milch/) — Giving milk; kept for its milk, said of cows or other animals. — 7 sentences
- [mildew](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mildew/) — A thin white or grey fungus that grows on plants, walls or cloth in damp places. — 7 sentences
- [milk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/milk/) — Milk is the white drink that comes from cows, goats and other animals. — 26 sentences
- [mill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mill/) — A mill is a building with machines for grinding grain into flour, often powered by wind or water. — 17 sentences
- [miller](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/miller/) — A miller is a person who owns or works in a mill, grinding grain into flour. — 13 sentences
- [millet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/millet/) — A kind of grass grown for its small round seeds, which are eaten as grain by people and animals. — 10 sentences
- [million](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/million/) — A million is the number 1,000,000: a thousand thousands. — 10 sentences
- [millstone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/millstone/) — A millstone is one of a pair of large, round, flat stones used in a mill to grind grain into flour. — 17 sentences
- [milt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/milt/) — The spleen, a small organ near the stomach; also the sperm of male fish. — 3 sentences
- [mince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mince/) — Mince is meat cut into very small pieces in a machine, used for burgers, spaghetti bolognese and cottage pie; in the US and Canada it is c… — 13 sentences
- [mind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mind/) — Your mind is the part of you that thinks, feels, remembers and imagines. — 26 sentences
- [mindful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mindful/) — To be mindful is to keep something in mind and be careful about it: mindful of the rules. — 9 sentences
- [mine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mine/) — Belonging to me: «That book is mine». — 25 sentences
- [mingle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mingle/) — To mingle is to mix things together so that the parts can no longer be told apart. — 14 sentences
- [minister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/minister/) — A minister is a person in charge of a government department, such as the minister for education. — 22 sentences
- [ministry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/ministry/) — A government department led by a minister: the Ministry of Education. — 14 sentences
- [minstrel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/minstrel/) — A minstrel was, long ago, a singer or musician who travelled from place to place singing songs and telling tales. — 9 sentences
- [minute](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/minute/) — A minute is a short length of time; sixty minutes make an hour. — 14 sentences
- [miracle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/miracle/) — A wonderful event that seems impossible and that some people believe is done by God. — 12 sentences
- [miraculous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/miraculous/) — Like a miracle; amazing and hard to explain: a miraculous escape. — 13 sentences
- [mire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mire/) — Mire is deep, wet mud or soft ground that sucks at your feet. — 11 sentences
- [mirror](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mirror/) — A mirror is a piece of special glass with a shiny back in which you can see yourself and things behind you. — 16 sentences
- [mirth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mirth/) — Laughter, fun and great happiness, especially among a group of people. — 19 sentences
- [miry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/miry/) — Very muddy and boggy; full of mire (deep, sticky mud). — 14 sentences
- [miscarry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/miscarry/) — To lose a baby before it is born; also, in old speech, to fail. — 7 sentences
- [mischief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mischief/) — Mischief is naughty behaviour that is usually playful and not very harmful, like playing tricks. — 19 sentences
- [mischievous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mischievous/) — Liking to play tricks and cause small trouble in a playful way: a mischievous puppy. — 14 sentences
- [misdeed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misdeed/) — A wrong or bad action, especially a crime or a breaking of rules. — 11 sentences
- [misery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/) — Great unhappiness or suffering, in body or mind. — 21 sentences
- [misfortune](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misfortune/) — Misfortune is bad luck. — 11 sentences
- [misleading](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misleading/) — Giving people a wrong idea, even if not every word is a lie. — 11 sentences

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