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# gaunt

adjective (gaunt, gaunter, gauntest)

«gaunt» 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

Gaunt means very thin, with a bony, hungry look, often from illness or hunger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gaunt/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a hungry beggar or a grim, bony face looks gaunt

### Examples

- After the long winter she looked pale and gaunt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gaunt/#x1)
- The old beggar was gaunt and grey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gaunt/#x2)
- His gaunt face frightened the children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gaunt/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Job describes the outcasts of society, starving and wasting away. The book is read as a study of the suffering of the innocent and the limits of human understanding. In the primary lessons: in stories, a hungry beggar or a grim, bony face looks gaunt

### Examples

- They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation. (Writings JOB.30.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gaunt/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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