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# wield

«wield» in Mova's school dictionary: **to hold it and use 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 (wields, wielded, wielding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To wield a sword, axe or tool is to hold it and use it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wield/#m1)

2) To wield power or influence is to have it and use it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wield/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales a hero wields a sword or magic; a king wields power over his people

### examples

- The knight wielded his shining sword. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wield/#x1)
- The woodcutter wielded his axe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wield/#x2)
- The queen wields great power in the land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wield/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1256/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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