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# massive

«massive» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **very big and heavy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (massive, more massive, most massive)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Massive means very big and heavy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/massive/#m1)

2) Massive means very large in amount or degree, like a massive mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/massive/#m2)

3) In British and Australian slang, massive can mean very popular or important. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/massive/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Ezekiel lists "massive iron" among the trade goods of Tyre. Some translators think it may mean wrought iron. In the primary lessons: In science, a massive object has a lot of mass (matter); a massive star is much heavier than the Sun. In stories, massive makes things sound huge: a massive wave, a massive dog. In everyday talk it is used to exaggerate: "a massive thank you".

### examples

- Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise. (Prophets EZK.27.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/massive/#x1)
- A massive wave crashed onto the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/massive/#x2)
- The castle has massive stone walls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/massive/#x3)
- There was a massive queue for the ride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/massive/#x4)
- Jupiter is a massive planet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/massive/#x5)
- We had a massive argument about the TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/massive/#x6)
- A massive thank you to all our helpers! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/massive/#x7)
- The tree trunk was massive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/massive/#x8)
- Some vessels, curiously formed of massive gold, had been brought home among the booty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/massive/#x9)

### note

Adverb: massively. Noun: mass. In science, "massive" means having lots of mass, not just big in size: a balloon can be big but not massive.

### In the corpora

- [Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.705/)
- [«Bare long,» moans Ibby (London slang: a massive pain).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/508-fighting-ignoring-each-other-and-sharing-a-room/19/)
- [Another kid adds, «No dad, massive L» («L» means a loss, a fail).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/4/)
- [Vesta is the second most massive asteroid, and a giant impact on it blasted off rock that still falls to Earth as meteorites.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «massive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/massive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.