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# shuttle

noun (a shuttle, shuttles); verb (shuttle, shuttles, shuttled, shuttling)

«shuttle» 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 shuttle is a bus, train or plane that goes back and forth often between two places, like an airport and a car park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuttle/#m1)
2. A space shuttle was a spacecraft that could fly into space and land back on Earth like a plane, so it could be used again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuttle/#m2)
3. In badminton, a shuttle (shuttlecock) is the feathered object you hit over the net. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuttle/#m3)
4. In weaving, a shuttle is the tool that carries the thread across the loom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuttle/#m4)
5. (verb) To shuttle means to go or carry people back and forth between places many times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuttle/#m5)

### In the lessons

In science lessons «the space shuttle» comes up in the story of space travel. In PE, badminton uses a shuttle. In everyday life, families take shuttle buses at airports and theme parks. In stories, «shuttling between» shows someone rushing about, for example a child whose parents live apart. Phrases: «shuttle bus», «space shuttle», «shuttle between», «shuttle diplomacy».

### Examples

- We caught the shuttle bus from the car park to the airport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuttle/#x1)
- The space shuttle landed on a long runway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuttle/#x2)
- I hit the shuttle so high it touched the gym ceiling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuttle/#x3)
- Mum shuttled us between football and swimming all Saturday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuttle/#x4)
- The free shuttle runs every ten minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuttle/#x5)
- On the loom, the shuttle flew from side to side. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuttle/#x6)
- My brother shuttles between Mum's house and Dad's house every weekend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuttle/#x7)
- As the shuttle had run away the girl sat down to sew. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shuttle/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun; as a verb it is regular (shuttled, shuttling). «Shuttlecock» is the full name in badminton; «birdie» is common in North America. A shuttle goes back and forth on the same route, unlike a normal bus that has a long route.

## In Jewish tradition

Job compares his days to the shuttle of a weaver, which flies quickly back and forth. It pictures how fast and hopeless life feels.

**Interpretation.** Commentators read it as the shortness of human life, which passes as quickly as the thread is woven.

### Examples

- My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. (Writings JOB.7.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shuttle/#x1)

### Note

Countable noun; as a verb it is regular (shuttled, shuttling). «Shuttlecock» is the full name in badminton; «birdie» is common in North America. A shuttle goes back and forth on the same route, unlike a normal bus that has a long route.

## On Mova

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