hammer

noun (a hammer, hammers); verb (hammer, hammers, hammered, hammering)

«hammer» 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 tool with a heavy metal head on a handle, used for hitting nails into wood. tree →
(verb) To hit something with a hammer or hit it hard again and again. tree →
(verb) To beat someone easily in a game (informal). tree →
A heavy metal ball on a wire thrown in sport (the hammer throw). tree →
A small part inside the ear or a piano that hits. tree →
Hammer and tongs means working or fighting with great energy and noise. tree →

In the lessons

In crafts and woodwork, the hammer is a basic tool; safety: hold the nail carefully, keep fingers clear, wear goggles. In science, a hammer is a simple machine and a force. In everyday talk, rain «hammers» on the roof. Phrases: «hammer in a nail», «hammer on the door», «hammer out an agreement».

Examples

Dad used a hammer to put up the shelf. tree →
Hold the nail steady and tap it with the hammer. tree →
The rain hammered on the roof. tree →
Someone was hammering on the door. tree →
Our team got hammered 6–0. tree →
Watch your fingers when you use a hammer. tree →
The judge banged a small hammer called a gavel. tree →
“Odds, bobs, hammer and tongs, I hear you.” tree →

Note

Countable: hammers. Past: hammered. Double «m». «Hammer» as «beat in a game» is informal.

In Jewish tradition

Used for a tool in building and idol making, and as a picture of a mighty ruler who smashes the nations. Babylon is called "the hammer of the whole earth."

Interpretation. Tradition reads Jeremiah as showing that even the mightiest empire is only a tool in God's hand and will be broken in time.

Examples

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! (Prophets JER.50.23, JPS 1917) tree →
And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers. (Writings PSA.74.6, JPS 1917) tree →
They deck it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. (Prophets JER.10.4, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable: hammers. Past: hammered. Double «m». «Hammer» as «beat in a game» is informal.

On Mova

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

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