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# neigh

verb (neigh, neighs, neighed, neighing); noun (a neigh, neighs)

«neigh» 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. verb: When a horse neighs, it makes its long, high, loud call. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neigh/#m1)
2. noun: The sound a horse makes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neigh/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories, a horse neighing tells the reader it is excited, frightened or calling to other horses. In early reading, animal sounds: cows moo, sheep baa, horses neigh. Phrases: «neigh loudly», «a loud neigh», «gave a neigh».

### Examples

- The horse neighed when it saw the farmer with the hay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neigh/#x1)
- We heard a loud neigh from the stable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neigh/#x2)
- The pony neighed and tossed its head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neigh/#x3)
- Cows moo and horses neigh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neigh/#x4)
- The frightened horse gave a high neigh and galloped away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neigh/#x5)
- Can you neigh like a horse? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neigh/#x6)
- Proud, black horses, worth looking at, were neighing in the stable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/neigh/#x7)

### Note

Past «neighed». Pronounced «nay», the same sound as «nay» (old word for no). Spelling has silent «gh» like in «weigh» and «eight». Homophone: nay. Other horse sounds: whinny, snort, nicker.

## In Jewish tradition

In stories, a horse neighing tells the reader it is excited, frightened or calling to other horses. In early reading, animal sounds: cows moo, sheep baa, horses neigh. Phrases: «neigh loudly», «a loud neigh», «gave a neigh».

### Examples

- Because ye are glad, because ye rejoice, O ye that plunder My heritage, because ye gambol as a heifer at grass, and neigh as strong horses; (Prophets JER.50.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/neigh/#x1)

### Note

Past «neighed». Pronounced «nay», the same sound as «nay» (old word for no). Spelling has silent «gh» like in «weigh» and «eight». Homophone: nay. Other horse sounds: whinny, snort, nicker.

## On Mova

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