badger

noun (a badger, badgers); verb (badger, badgers, badgered, badgering)

«badger» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A badger is a wild animal with grey fur, short legs and a black and white striped face that lives in tunnels underground and comes out at night. tree →
To badger someone means to keep asking them again and again for something until they get annoyed. tree →

In the lessons

In nature lessons in the UK, Ireland and North America, badgers are nocturnal animals that dig setts (burrows) and eat worms, insects and roots. In everyday life, to badger is what children do when they keep asking for a treat. Phrases: badger sett, badger someone into something, stop badgering me.

Examples

A badger dug a hole under our fence. tree →
Badgers come out at night to look for worms. tree →
A badger's home is called a sett. tree →
We saw a badger's black and white face in the torchlight. tree →
Stop badgering me about the ice cream! tree →
My little brother badgered Mum until she said yes. tree →
The American badger lives in open grasslands. tree →
Old father badger was a great hunter. tree →

Note

Countable: a badger, badgers. Verb: badgered, badgering. A badger's home is a sett (UK) or burrow. Badgers are wild; never try to touch or feed one, as they can bite hard. Badger also is the name of a football team mascot in places like Wisconsin.

In Jewish tradition

In the Torah the word probably means the rock-badger or hyrax, a small animal that chews its cud. It is not the badger of everyday English.

Interpretation. The hyrax is listed as unclean because it chews the cud but does not have split hooves. The rabbis said that an animal must have both signs to be kosher.

Examples

And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.5, JPS 1917) tree →
The rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the crags; (Writings PRO.30.26, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «badger» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«badger» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «badger» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«badger» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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