[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/alarm/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) / alarm # alarm noun (an alarm, alarms; alarm — uncountable: fear); verb (alarm, alarms, alarmed, alarming) «alarm» 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. A device that makes a loud noise to warn people of danger: a fire alarm, a smoke alarm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#m1) 2. A clock or phone sound that wakes you up at a set time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#m2) 3. A sudden feeling of fear or worry: «She cried out in alarm». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#m3) 4. Verb: to make someone worried or frightened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#m4) 5. Alarming means causing fear or worry, or being shocking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#m5) ### In the lessons In safety lessons: when the fire alarm rings, stop, leave your things, walk calmly out by the nearest exit and go to the meeting point; never press a fire alarm as a joke; test smoke alarms at home; carbon monoxide alarms. In everyday life: set an alarm to wake up. Phrases: fire alarm, smoke alarm, burglar alarm, alarm clock, set the alarm, false alarm, raise the alarm, in alarm. ### Examples - When the fire alarm rings, line up and walk outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x1) - Our smoke alarm beeps when the battery is low. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x2) - My alarm goes off at seven. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x3) - It was a false alarm — just burnt toast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x4) - Never set off a fire alarm as a joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x5) - She raised the alarm when she saw smoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x6) - The car alarm went off in the night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x7) - Don't be alarmed — it's only a drill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x8) - The other Danish and Swedish stories are not alarming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/#x9) ### Note Countable when it is a device (alarms), uncountable when it means fear. «Alarming» = worrying. «False alarm» = the alarm rang but there was no danger. A fire drill is a practice; treat every alarm as real. ## In Jewish tradition An alarm is a special trumpet blast, different from the plain blast, that told the camps to set out on a journey. The prophets use it for the horn blown as a war warning, the "alarm of war." **Interpretation.** Tradition says two silver trumpets were blown by the priests. A plain blast gathered the people, and the alarm blast set the camps in motion in order. The prophets' alarm is read as a warning to turn back before enemies come. ### Examples - And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey. (Torah NUM.10.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alarm/#x1) - But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. (Torah NUM.10.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alarm/#x2) - And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall set forward; they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. (Torah NUM.10.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alarm/#x3) - A day of the horn and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high towers. (Prophets ZEP.1.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alarm/#x4) - Blow ye the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah; sound an alarm at Beth-aven: 'Behind thee, O Benjamin!' (Prophets HOS.5.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alarm/#x5) - I cannot hold my peace! because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the horn, the alarm of war. (Prophets JER.4.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alarm/#x6) ### Note Countable when it is a device (alarms), uncountable when it means fear. «Alarming» = worrying. «False alarm» = the alarm rang but there was no danger. A fire drill is a practice; treat every alarm as real. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «alarm» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alarm/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«alarm» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/alarm.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «alarm» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/alarm/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«alarm» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/alarm.html) on Mova free.