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# rustle

verb (rustle, rustles, rustled, rustling); noun (a rustle)

«rustle» 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. To rustle is to make a soft, light, crackling sound like dry leaves or paper moving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#m1)
2. A rustle is that sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#m2)
3. «Rustle up» means to make or find something quickly, like a quick snack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#m3)
4. To rustle cattle is to steal them (in old Western stories). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#m4)

### In the lessons

In stories and poems a rustle in the bushes builds suspense — something might be hiding. In science lessons it is a sound word, like whisper or crunch. Phrases: «rustle of leaves», «rustle up a meal», «cattle rustler».

### Examples

- The leaves rustled in the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#x1)
- We heard a rustle in the bushes and froze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#x2)
- Please don't rustle your crisp packet during the film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#x3)
- Mum rustled up some sandwiches for us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#x4)
- The paper rustled as she turned the page. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#x5)
- In the cowboy story, thieves rustled the cattle at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#x6)
- Not a rustle or a sound could be heard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rustle/#x7)

### Note

The «t» is silent: RUSS-ul. Past: «rustled». It is an onomatopoeic word — it sounds like the noise it names. A «rustler» is a cattle thief.

## In Jewish tradition

The psalm pictures the land so rich that the grain rustles like the trees of Lebanon.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this as a blessing of plenty for the king and for the land in the time of redemption.

### Examples

- May he be as a rich cornfield in the land upon the top of the mountains; may his fruit rustle like Lebanon; and may they blossom out of the city like grass of the earth. (Writings PSA.72.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rustle/#x1)

### Note

The «t» is silent: RUSS-ul. Past: «rustled». It is an onomatopoeic word — it sounds like the noise it names. A «rustler» is a cattle thief.

## On Mova

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