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# lavish

adjective (lavish, more lavish, most lavish); verb (lavishes, lavished, lavishing)

«lavish» 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. Lavish means given in very large amounts, generous and more than enough: a lavish meal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lavish/#m1)
2. To lavish is to give a great deal of something, such as love or praise, to someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lavish/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories a lavish hand gives or spends very freely; a lavish giver is never sparing; to lavish is to shower someone with gifts or affection

### Examples

- She gave lavish gifts to all her guests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lavish/#x1)
- The queen lavished gold on her servants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lavish/#x2)
- He was lavish with his praise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lavish/#x3)
- They lavished love on their old dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lavish/#x4)
- Our teacher is not lavish with stickers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lavish/#x5)

### Note

nothing for maths. Lavish describes generosity, not an exact number, so it gives no count.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Isaiah mocks people who spend gold and silver on making an idol. Tradition treats idol-making as foolish. In the primary lessons: in stories a lavish hand gives or spends very freely; a lavish giver is never sparing; to lavish is to shower someone with gifts or affection

### Examples

- Ye that lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance; ye that hire a goldsmith, that he make it a god, to fall down thereto, yea, to worship. (Prophets ISA.46.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lavish/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths. Lavish describes generosity, not an exact number, so it gives no count.

## On Mova

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