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# stint

noun (stint, stints)

«stint» 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 stint is a fixed period of work or time spent doing a job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stint/#m1)
2. (old use) A stint is a limit or holding back; «without stint» means freely and in plenty, with nothing held back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stint/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales «without stint» means food and drink are given freely and in plenty

### Examples

- We ate without stint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stint/#x1)
- She did a stint as the cook. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stint/#x2)
- He worked a long stint at the mill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stint/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths: a stint names a period of work or a limit, not an operation or an amount to count

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Elihu warns Job that great wealth cannot buy rescue from God. The tradition reads this as a lesson that God cannot be bribed. In the primary lessons: in tales «without stint» means food and drink are given freely and in plenty

### Examples

- Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the forces of thy strength? (Writings JOB.36.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stint/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths: a stint names a period of work or a limit, not an operation or an amount to count

## On Mova

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