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