slinging

noun (slinging, no plural)

«slinging» 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

Slinging is throwing stones with a sling. tree →
Slinging is carrying something swung loosely over the shoulders. tree →

In the lessons

the sling game the island boys play in the tales; the hunter carries his kill slung over his shoulders.

Examples

It was Kabo who broke my leg at the slinging game. tree →
He was slinging the deer over his shoulders. tree →
Let us play at slinging again tomorrow. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Chronicles describes soldiers who shot stones with slings and arrows. Skill with both hands was prized, as with the left-handed Benjaminites. In the primary lessons: the sling game the island boys play in the tales; the hunter carries his kill slung over his shoulders.

Examples

And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging. (Writings 2CH.26.14, JPS 1917) tree →
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow; they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. (Writings 1CH.12.2, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

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

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