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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pull away the shoulder en · VERB

Etymology

From the Bible, Zechariah 7:11 KJV: "But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear."

Meanings

  1. To turn away, refusing to listen.
    • And it appears from the united testimony of God and man, that sinners have always been disposed to pull away the shoulder and stop their ears, and harden their hearts under divine instructions. 1828, Otis Thompson, The Hopkinsian Magazine, volume 3, page 459:

Forms

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pulls away the shoulder Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
pulling away the shoulder Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pulled away the shoulder Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pulled away the shoulder Tense=Past lexicographic