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# killing

noun (a killing, killings); verb form of kill (kill, kills, killed, killing); adjective (killing)

«killing» 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. Killing is causing someone or something to die. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/killing/#m1)
2. A killing is a murder or a death caused on purpose, as reported in the news. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/killing/#m2)
3. (informal) To make a killing means to make a lot of money quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/killing/#m3)
4. (slang) «You're killing me!» means «You're so funny» or «You're annoying me»; «My feet are killing me» means they hurt a lot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/killing/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science lessons it is used for germs (soap is killing bacteria) and food chains; in news it is a serious crime word. In everyday slang it is about laughter, pain or money. Phrases: «make a killing», «killing time», «killing me».

### Examples

- The lion is killing a zebra for food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/killing/#x1)
- Soap helps by killing germs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/killing/#x2)
- The police are investigating a killing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/killing/#x3)
- Killing animals for fun is cruel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/killing/#x4)
- They made a killing selling ice creams on the hot day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/killing/#x5)
- We were killing time before the film started. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/killing/#x6)
- (slang) Stop, you're killing me! That joke is so funny. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/killing/#x7)
- (informal) These new shoes are killing my feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/killing/#x8)
- When you have succeeded in killing one come and tell me." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/killing/#x9)

### Note

Kill is regular: killed, killing. «Killing time» means doing something just to fill time while waiting. Serious killing words are not for jokes about real people.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The Torah forbids murder, and the prophets often name it with theft and adultery as a mark of a broken society. Killing the Passover lamb was done in the Temple, and the Levites did it for those not clean. In the primary lessons: In science lessons it is used for germs (soap is killing bacteria) and food chains; in news it is a serious crime word. In everyday slang it is about laughter, pain or money. Phrases: «make a killing», «killing time», «killing me».

### Examples

- Swearing and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery! they break all bounds, and blood toucheth blood. (Prophets HOS.4.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/killing/#x1)
- And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine — 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die!' (Prophets ISA.22.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/killing/#x2)
- For there were many in the congregation that had not sanctified themselves; therefore the Levites had the charge of killing the passover lambs for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD. (Writings 2CH.30.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/killing/#x3)

### Note

Kill is regular: killed, killing. «Killing time» means doing something just to fill time while waiting. Serious killing words are not for jokes about real people.

## On Mova

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