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# snuff

«snuff» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to put out its flame, often by pressing it or covering it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (snuff, snuffs, snuffed, snuffing; snuff out); noun (snuff — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To snuff (or snuff out) a candle is to put out its flame, often by pressing it or covering it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snuff/#m1)

2) To snuff out something is to stop it or end it suddenly: they snuffed out the fire, the rain snuffed out our hopes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snuff/#m2)

3) Snuff is tobacco ground into powder that some people sniff up the nose; it is harmful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snuff/#m3)

4) (informal) «Up to snuff» means good enough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snuff/#m4)

5) (rude, slang) «Snuff it» means to die. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snuff/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The word does not appear in the texts in this form. The related word "snuffers" names Temple tools. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and stories you snuff out candles, flames and fires. In history stories, rich people carried snuff boxes. In safety lessons snuff is a tobacco product that harms health. Phrases: snuff out a candle, snuff out a fire, up to snuff, snuff it.

### examples

- Please snuff out the candles before you go to bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snuff/#x1)
- The firefighters quickly snuffed out the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snuff/#x2)
- She used a little metal cap to snuff the flame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snuff/#x3)
- The old man took a pinch of snuff from a silver box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snuff/#x4)
- Your homework is not up to snuff, so please do it again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snuff/#x5)
- The goldfish finally snuffed it, said my cheeky brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snuff/#x6)
- The rain snuffed out the campfire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snuff/#x7)
- On the mound sat the Cricket and took snuff. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/snuff/#x8)

### note

«Snuff» as tobacco is uncountable: some snuff, a pinch of snuff. «Snuff it» is a rough, joking way to say «die» — not polite to use about real people. Do not mix up with «sniff» (breathe in through your nose to smell) or «stuff».

### In the corpora

- [A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; her lust, who can hinder it?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.47/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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