bestir

verb (bestir, bestirs, bestirred, bestirring); reflexive «bestir yourself» (old use)

«bestir» 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

To bestir is to get up and start moving or acting, often after being lazy. tree →
«Bestir yourself» means hurry up and get busy. tree →

In the lessons

in old stories a giant or hero is told to get up and act; in everyday talk it is an old-fashioned way of saying «get moving».

Examples

Bestir yourself, you lazy old giant! tree →
The news made the youths bestir themselves and set out at once. tree →
It is late, so bestir yourself or we will miss the bus. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

in old stories a giant or hero is told to get up and act; in everyday talk it is an old-fashioned way of saying «get moving».

Examples

And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then is the LORD gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.' (Prophets 2SA.5.24, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

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

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