English noun: Ruth |
1. | Ruth (person) United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948) |
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| Synonyms | Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth, Sultan of Swat |
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| Instance hypernym | ballplayer, baseball player |
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2. | Ruth (person) the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament |
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| Instance hypernym | married woman, wife |
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3. | ruth (feeling) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others |
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| Samples | The blind are too often objects of pity.
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| Synonyms | commiseration, pathos, pity |
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| Broader (hypernym) | fellow feeling, sympathy |
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4. | Ruth (communication) 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 |
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| Synonyms | Book of Ruth |
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| Instance hypernym | book |
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| Part meronym | Hagiographa, Ketubim, Old Testament, Writings |
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