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# forbidden

adjective (forbidden); also the past participle of «forbid» (forbid, forbids, forbade, forbidden, forbidding)

«forbidden» 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. Forbidden means not allowed, especially by a rule or law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forbidden/#m1)
2. Forbidden can describe something you are told not to have or go near, which can seem tempting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forbidden/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school and safety, forbidden areas include building sites, railway lines and teachers' rooms; forbidden behaviour breaks the rules. In fairy tales, a forbidden door, fruit or forest usually leads to trouble. Phrases: «strictly forbidden», «forbidden fruit», «it is forbidden to …».

### Examples

- Swimming in the quarry is strictly forbidden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forbidden/#x1)
- Phones are forbidden during tests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forbidden/#x2)
- In the story, she opened the forbidden door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forbidden/#x3)
- It is forbidden to feed the animals at the zoo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forbidden/#x4)
- The children were forbidden to go into the woods alone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forbidden/#x5)
- Running by the pool is forbidden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forbidden/#x6)
- The forbidden fruit always seems sweeter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forbidden/#x7)

### Note

Irregular: forbid, forbade (said «for-BAD»), forbidden. Patterns: «forbid someone to do» or «from doing». Similar: «banned», «not allowed», «prohibited». Opposite: «allowed», «permitted». Not a number word.

## In Jewish tradition

It means something God has told Israel not to do, as with making images.

**Interpretation.** The second commandment forbids carved images. Tradition reads the warning as a guard against idol worship.

### Examples

- Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and make you a graven image, even the likeness of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. (Torah DEU.4.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forbidden/#x1)

### Note

Irregular: forbid, forbade (said «for-BAD»), forbidden. Patterns: «forbid someone to do» or «from doing». Similar: «banned», «not allowed», «prohibited». Opposite: «allowed», «permitted». Not a number word.

## On Mova

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