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# brandish

verb (brandish, brandishes, brandished, brandishing)

«brandish» 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

To brandish is to wave or shake a weapon or object in the air, to show it off or to threaten. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brandish/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a hero brandishes a sword or a whip before a fight

### Examples

- The knight brandished his sword. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brandish/#x1)
- The coachman brandished his whip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brandish/#x2)
- She brandished a burning torch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brandish/#x3)
- Don't brandish that stick at your brother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brandish/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

To wave a weapon. In the primary lessons: in stories a hero brandishes a sword or a whip before a fight

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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