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# beak

noun (a beak, beaks)

«beak» 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. The hard pointed mouth of a bird, which it uses to eat, pick things up and build nests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beak/#m1)
2. A similar hard mouth of some other animals, like a turtle or an octopus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beak/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, the shape of a beak tells what a bird eats: a hooked beak tears meat, a long thin one reaches nectar, a short thick one cracks seeds — a good example of animals being adapted to their food. In stories, a bird pecks or taps with its beak. Phrases: «in its beak», «a hooked beak», «peck with its beak».

### Examples

- The robin carried a worm in its beak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beak/#x1)
- A parrot can crack nuts with its strong beak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beak/#x2)
- The eagle has a sharp hooked beak for tearing meat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beak/#x3)
- A hummingbird's long thin beak reaches deep into flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beak/#x4)
- The duck dabbled in the mud with its flat beak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beak/#x5)
- The chick broke the shell with a tiny tooth on its beak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beak/#x6)
- Don't put your face near a goose — its beak can nip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beak/#x7)
- Turtles have beaks instead of teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beak/#x8)
- "I'll bite hold of you with my beak." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beak/#x9)

### Note

Countable: a beak, beaks. Birds have no teeth; the beak does the work of teeth. Another word for a bird's beak is «bill», used especially for ducks. In old British school slang a «beak» was a judge or teacher, but that is rare now.

## In Jewish tradition

In science, the shape of a beak tells what a bird eats: a hooked beak tears meat, a long thin one reaches nectar, a short thick one cracks seeds — a good example of animals being adapted to their food. In stories, a bird pecks or taps with its beak. Phrases: «in its beak», «a hooked beak», «peck with its beak».

### Examples

- Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, that hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; thou hast drunken the beaker, even the cup of staggering, and drained it. (Prophets ISA.51.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beak/#x1)

### Note

Countable: a beak, beaks. Birds have no teeth; the beak does the work of teeth. Another word for a bird's beak is «bill», used especially for ducks. In old British school slang a «beak» was a judge or teacher, but that is rare now.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «beak» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beak/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«beak» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/beak.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «beak» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beak/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«beak» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/beak.html) on Mova free.