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# wagon

noun (a wagon, wagons; UK also «waggon» — old)

«wagon» 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 vehicle with four wheels, pulled by horses or oxen, used to carry heavy loads or people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wagon/#m1)
2. An open railway truck that carries goods (UK). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wagon/#m2)
3. A child's small cart pulled by a handle (US, a little red wagon). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wagon/#m3)
4. (informal, US) A station wagon, a car with a long back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wagon/#m4)
5. «On the wagon» (informal): not drinking alcohol. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wagon/#m5)

### In the lessons

In history (settlers' covered wagons, wagon trains), trains (coal wagons), play (pulling a wagon), and maths (a train with 12 wagons, each carrying 20 tonnes). Phrases: «covered wagon», «wagon train», «on the wagon», «fix someone's wagon» (old).

### Examples

- The settlers crossed the plains in covered wagons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wagon/#x1)
- The horse pulled the hay wagon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wagon/#x2)
- The goods train had 30 wagons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wagon/#x3)
- Each wagon carries 15 tonnes, so 4 wagons carry 60 tonnes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wagon/#x4)
- I pulled my little sister in the red wagon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wagon/#x5)
- (informal) Uncle Jim is on the wagon this month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wagon/#x6)
- The wagon was filled with corpses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wagon/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Old British spelling «waggon». In the UK, a railway «wagon» carries goods and a «carriage» carries people; in the USA both are often «cars». In maths: total load = number of wagons × load per wagon.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, covered carts that carried the Tabernacle's parts and that Joseph sent to bring his family to Egypt.

**Interpretation.** The wagons given to the Levites carried the Tabernacle's heavy parts. The wagons of Joseph were read as a sign to Jacob that Joseph was still alive.

### Examples

- And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. (Torah NUM.7.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#x1)
- Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service. (Torah NUM.7.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#x2)
- And the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. (Torah GEN.45.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#x3)
- Nay, he will not ever be threshing it; and though the roller of his wagon and its sharp edges move noisily, he doth not crush it. (Prophets ISA.28.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wagon/#x4)

### Note

Countable. Old British spelling «waggon». In the UK, a railway «wagon» carries goods and a «carriage» carries people; in the USA both are often «cars». In maths: total load = number of wagons × load per wagon.

## On Mova

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