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# panting

verb form (pant, pants, panted, panting); also adjective (a panting dog)

«panting» 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. Panting means breathing fast and loudly with your mouth open, usually after running or because you are hot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panting/#m1)
2. Wanting something very much (old, in "panting for"). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panting/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in stories to show someone ran hard or is tired: "She arrived panting." In science: dogs pant to cool down because they cannot sweat much. In PE: after a race you may be panting.

### Examples

- The dog was panting after the long walk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panting/#x1)
- I was panting after running up the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panting/#x2)
- He ran in, panting, and shouted the news. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panting/#x3)
- Dogs pant to cool themselves down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panting/#x4)
- The runners crossed the line, panting hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panting/#x5)
- Give a panting dog water and shade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panting/#x6)
- She stopped, panting, at the top of the stairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panting/#x7)
- Panting for breath, she entered their room, and flung herself down on the floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/panting/#x8)

### Note

"Panting" is the -ing form of "pant". Do not confuse with "pants" (in the UK underwear, in the USA trousers). Safety: a dog panting very heavily on a hot day may be too hot.

## In Jewish tradition

In Isaiah, God Himself is shown gasping and panting like a woman in labor, before He acts to save.

**Interpretation.** Tradition says this daring picture shows God's long patience coming to an end, as He brings a new redemption.

### Examples

- I have long time held My peace, I have been still, and refrained Myself; now will I cry like a travailing woman, gasping and panting at once. (Prophets ISA.42.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/panting/#x1)

### Note

"Panting" is the -ing form of "pant". Do not confuse with "pants" (in the UK underwear, in the USA trousers). Safety: a dog panting very heavily on a hot day may be too hot.

## On Mova

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