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# peg

noun (a peg, pegs); verb (peg, pegs, pegged, pegging)

«peg» 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. A peg is a small hook or stick on a wall for hanging things, like coats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peg/#m1)
2. A clothes peg is a small clip for hanging washing on a line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peg/#m2)
3. A tent peg is a pointed stick pushed into the ground to hold a tent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peg/#m3)
4. (verb) To peg is to fasten something with pegs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peg/#m4)
5. A peg can also be a wooden pin that you pull to open a latch or door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peg/#m5)

### In the lessons

Used at school: children hang coats and bags on their peg. In everyday life: pegging out washing. Camping: hammer in the tent pegs. Maths: pegboards for patterns. Phrase: "take someone down a peg" means make a proud person less proud.

### Examples

- Hang your coat on your peg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peg/#x1)
- Pass me the pegs so I can hang up the washing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peg/#x2)
- We hammered the tent pegs into the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peg/#x3)
- Mum pegged the sheets on the line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peg/#x4)
- My peg has my name and a picture on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peg/#x5)
- The pirate had a wooden peg leg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peg/#x6)
- Make a pattern on the pegboard with coloured pegs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peg/#x7)
- Little Red Riding-Hood pulled the peg, and the door opened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peg/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a peg, two pegs. Verb doubles the g: pegged, pegging. US "clothespin" = UK "clothes peg".

## In Jewish tradition

A firm nail or pin fixed in a wall, or a tent peg. Here it means a person set in a secure position of trust.

**Interpretation.** The "peg" is Eliakim, a trusted servant of the king. The tradition reads it as a picture of a loyal leader on whom the household depends.

### Examples

- And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of honour to his father's house. (Prophets ISA.22.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/peg/#x1)

### Note

Countable: a peg, two pegs. Verb doubles the g: pegged, pegging. US "clothespin" = UK "clothes peg".

## On Mova

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