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RUTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died
Synonyms:
Book of Ruth; Ruth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
book (a major division of a long written composition)
Holonyms ("Ruth" is a part of...):
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
Hagiographa; Ketubim; Writings (the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
Example:
the blind are too often objects of pity
Synonyms:
commiseration; pathos; pity; ruth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("ruth" is a kind of...):
fellow feeling; sympathy (sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish))
Sense 3
Meaning:
The great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)
Sense 4
Meaning:
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
Synonyms:
Babe Ruth; George Herman Ruth; Ruth; Sultan of Swat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
ballplayer; baseball player (an athlete who plays baseball)
Context examples:
And then he thought of Ruth and the cool sweetness that must reside in her lips as it resided in all about her.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
One afternoon he saw her mother coming out of a bank, and received another proof of the enormous distance that separated Ruth from him.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"Come down any time; I'll be at home all afternoon," was Ruth's reply over the telephone to his stammered request as to when he could return the borrowed books.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A week of heavy reading had passed since the evening he first met Ruth Morse, and still he dared not call.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Ruth Morse seemed farther removed than ever.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
This led him to believe more firmly than ever that up above him, in society like Ruth and her family, all men and women thought these thoughts and lived them.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
During those several weeks he saw Ruth half a dozen times, and each time was an added inspiration.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Much of this he strove to express to Ruth, and shocked her and made it clear that more remodelling was necessary.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Then the chemistry of vision would begin to work, and they would troop in review across his mind, each, by contrast, multiplying Ruth's glories.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The transition from Ruth to this had been too abrupt.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
