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# javelin

«javelin» in Mova's school dictionary: **A long, light spear, thrown in sport or in hunting** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (javelins)

### meaning for a pupil

A long, light spear, thrown in sport or in hunting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/javelin/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales heroes throw javelins at wild beasts such as lions and bears

### examples

- The athlete threw the javelin far. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/javelin/#x1)
- The hunter's javelin struck the boar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/javelin/#x2)
- Both used their javelins with great skill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/javelin/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.457/)
- [The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1083/)
- [Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1152/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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