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# extremity

noun (an extremity, extremities)

«extremity» 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. Your extremities are the far parts of your body, like your hands, feet, fingers and toes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extremity/#m1)
2. The far end or edge of something, such as a place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extremity/#m2)
3. (formal) A very serious or dangerous situation, or a very high degree of something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extremity/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in health and safety: in cold weather, extremities such as fingers and toes get frostbite first. In geography: the northern extremity of a country. It tells the reader about the ends or edges.

### Examples

- Cold weather makes your extremities feel numb first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extremity/#x1)
- Frostbite can damage fingers, toes and other extremities. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extremity/#x2)
- The lighthouse stood at the southern extremity of the island. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extremity/#x3)
- Wear gloves and thick socks to keep your extremities warm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extremity/#x4)
- The doctor checked the blood flow to his extremities. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extremity/#x5)
- In their extremity, the sailors ate the last of the bread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extremity/#x6)
- I am, therefore, very unhappy, and in my extremity I determined to ask the help of a human being. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extremity/#x7)

### Note

Mostly used in the plural: extremities. Formal word. Related adjective: extreme. Safety: cover hands, feet and ears in freezing weather.

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah it means one of two opposite ends, with the tongue as a balance between them.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the tongue or wedge as the middle that balances two opposites, such as merit and guilt.

### Examples

- Elsewhere in the SY, the ‘tongue’ (or ‘wedge’) appears as the symbol of a central balance between two extremities, e.g. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extremity/#x1)

### Note

Mostly used in the plural: extremities. Formal word. Related adjective: extreme. Safety: cover hands, feet and ears in freezing weather.

## On Mova

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