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# meek

«meek» in Mova's school dictionary: **Quiet, gentle and patient; not easily angry and not…** — 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

adjective (meek, meeker, meekest); adverb meekly

### meaning for a pupil

1) Quiet, gentle and patient; not easily angry and not wanting to argue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meek/#m1)

2) (often disapproving) Too quiet and ready to do what others say: «meek and timid». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meek/#m2)

3) (Bible) Jesus said «Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth»; Christians see meekness as gentle strength, not weakness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meek/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In religion lessons the Beatitudes praise the meek; Jesus called himself «gentle and humble in heart», and Moses was called very meek. In stories a meek character may surprise everyone by being brave. Phrases: «meek and mild», «the meek shall inherit the earth», «meekly obey».

### examples

- «Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meek/#x1)
- The meek little mouse squeaked a thank you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meek/#x2)
- He meekly said sorry and sat down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meek/#x3)
- She seemed meek, but she stood up to the bully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meek/#x4)
- Moses was a very meek man, the Bible says. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meek/#x5)
- Don't be so meek; tell the teacher your idea! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meek/#x6)

### note

Comparison: meeker, meekest. Noun: meekness. Trap: in the Bible, meek is a good thing (gentle and self-controlled); in everyday speech it can mean too weak. Similar: gentle, mild, humble.

### In the corpora

- [Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.473/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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