bramble
noun (a bramble, brambles)
Everyday
- A bramble is a wild thorny bush with long arching stems, especially the blackberry bush. tree →
- Brambles are a thick tangle of such prickly bushes. tree →
- In Scotland and parts of the UK, a bramble also means the blackberry fruit. tree →
In the lessons
In nature lessons brambles grow in hedges, woods and wasteland; their flowers feed bees and their berries feed birds, and their thorny tangles give small animals a safe hiding place. In stories, brambles block paths and scratch heroes (the thorny hedge around Sleeping Beauty's castle). Phrases: «a bramble bush», «caught in the brambles», «bramble jelly».
Examples
- My jumper got caught on a bramble. tree →
- Brambles grew all over the old garden. tree →
- We picked berries from the brambles. tree →
- The rabbit hid in the brambles from the fox. tree →
- Wear long trousers, or the brambles will scratch your legs. tree →
- Bees buzzed around the bramble flowers. tree →
- In Scotland, «brambles» can mean blackberries. tree →
- The path was blocked by thick brambles. tree →
Note
Countable: a bramble, brambles. Related: blackberry (the fruit). Thorns can cause scratches that get infected — wash them.
In Jewish tradition
A thorny bush. In Jotham's story it is the worthless tree that agrees to become king.
Interpretation. Jotham's fable warns against crowning a cruel, worthless ruler. Thorns in Isaiah show a land left empty and wild.
Examples
- Then said all the trees unto the bramble: Come thou, and reign over us. (Prophets JDG.9.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the rugged valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all brambles. (Prophets ISA.7.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the bramble said unto the trees: If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. (Prophets JDG.9.15, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Countable: a bramble, brambles. Related: blackberry (the fruit). Thorns can cause scratches that get infected — wash them.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «bramble» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «bramble» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «bramble» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «bramble» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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