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# fist

noun (a fist, fists)

«fist» 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

A hand with the fingers bent tightly into the palm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fist/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, people make a fist when they are angry, determined or ready to punch, but also to "fist-bump" friends. In safety and feelings lessons, we learn to use words, not fists, to sort out problems. In maths, a fist can be used to count months of the year on the knuckles. Phrases: clench your fist, a fist bump, bang your fist, tight-fisted, hand over fist.

### Examples

- He clenched his fist in anger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fist/#x1)
- We gave each other a fist bump. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fist/#x2)
- She banged her fist on the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fist/#x3)
- Use your words, not your fists. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fist/#x4)
- Count the months on the knuckles of your fist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fist/#x5)
- The baby held my finger in her tiny fist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fist/#x6)
- And he beat his fists angrily against a tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fist/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a fist, fists. "Tight-fisted" means mean with money. "Make money hand over fist" means make a lot quickly. Don't confuse "fist" with "first".

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The Torah's law of damages applies even to blows from a fist, teaching that harming a person must be paid for. The prophets and Proverbs use the fist in pictures: "gathering the wind in his fists" shows God's great power, and "the fist of wickedness" is a cruel blow by people who fast but still act unjustly. Tradition reads Isaiah as saying that fasting means nothing without kindness and justice. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, people make a fist when they are angry, determined or ready to punch, but also to "fist-bump" friends. In safety and feelings lessons, we learn to use words, not fists, to sort out problems. In maths, a fist can be used to count months of the year on the knuckles. Phrases: clench your fist, a fist bump, bang your fist, tight-fisted, hand over fist.

### Examples

- And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed; (Torah EXO.21.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fist/#x1)
- Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? (Writings PRO.30.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fist/#x2)
- Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high. (Prophets ISA.58.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fist/#x3)

### Note

Countable: a fist, fists. "Tight-fisted" means mean with money. "Make money hand over fist" means make a lot quickly. Don't confuse "fist" with "first".

## On Mova

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