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making

noun (plural makings)

«making» 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

  1. Making is the act of making or forming something, as in merry-makings, which are parties or festivities. tree →
  2. Makings means the things needed to make something, such as the ingredients for a cake. tree →

In the lessons

in tales, the ingredients or materials someone needs to cook or build something

Examples

  • You will not get any makings of a cake from me. tree →
  • We went out to the merry-makings in the village. tree →
  • I have the makings of a good tea here. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

It is just the act of making or doing something. In the texts it can mean "doing" a thing, such as making a petition or making sport. In the primary lessons: in tales, the ingredients or materials someone needs to cook or build something

Examples

  • Then these men came tumultuously, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. (Writings DAN.6.12, JPS 1917) tree →
  • And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, making sport. (Torah GEN.21.9, JPS 1917) tree →
  • And they that fall away are gone deep in making slaughter; and I am rejected of them all. (Prophets HOS.5.2, JPS 1917) tree →
  • Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry. (Prophets 1KI.4.20, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

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