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# tendril

noun (a tendril, tendrils)

«tendril» 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 tendril is a thin, curly, thread-like part of a climbing plant that wraps around things to help the plant climb, as on peas, grapes and cucumbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tendril/#m1)
2. A tendril can be a thin curl of something that looks like that, such as a tendril of hair or a tendril of smoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tendril/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons about plants, tendrils show how climbing plants respond to touch and grow towards support so they can reach the light. In stories, «tendrils» of mist, smoke or hair paint a soft, curling picture, and «tendrils of fear» means fear slowly creeping in. Phrases: «tendrils of», «curling tendrils».

### Examples

- The pea plant's tendrils curled around the stick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tendril/#x1)
- Grapevines climb using tendrils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tendril/#x2)
- A tendril of hair escaped from her ponytail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tendril/#x3)
- Tendrils of smoke rose from the campfire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tendril/#x4)
- We watched a cucumber tendril wrap around the string over a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tendril/#x5)
- Tendrils of fog crept across the playing field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tendril/#x6)
- In the spooky story, tendrils of ivy covered the old door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tendril/#x7)
- A Goat, passing by, nibbled its young tendrils and its leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tendril/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun: one tendril, many tendrils. A tendril is not the same as a root or a branch; it is a special thin part used for gripping. Spelled with one l at the end.

## In Jewish tradition

In Ezekiel the tendrils are the vine's climbing shoots. The vine stands for the royal house of Judah.

**Interpretation.** The commentators read the vine as Israel or the kings of David's line, whose tendrils are the branches of the royal family.

### Examples

- And she had strong rods to be sceptres for them that bore rule; and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she was seen in her height with the multitude of her tendrils. (Prophets EZK.19.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tendril/#x1)
- And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose tendrils might turn toward him, and the roots thereof be under him; so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. (Prophets EZK.17.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tendril/#x2)

### Note

Countable noun: one tendril, many tendrils. A tendril is not the same as a root or a branch; it is a special thin part used for gripping. Spelled with one l at the end.

## On Mova

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