comfort
part of speech
noun (comfort — uncountable; a comfort, comforts); verb (comfort, comforts, comforted, comforting)
meaning for a pupil
1) Comfort is a pleasant feeling of being relaxed, warm and free from pain or worry. tree →
2) To comfort someone means to make them feel less sad or scared. tree →
3) A comfort is a person or thing that makes you feel better. tree →
4) Comforts are things that make life easy and pleasant, like a warm bed. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Isaac was comforted for his mother. The tradition reads it as a model of comforting mourners, which Jewish law holds as a duty. Isaiah's "Comfort ye, my people" opens the seven readings of comfort after Tisha B'Av, promising God will console Israel. In the primary lessons: In everyday life you comfort a friend who is upset with kind words or a hug. In stories comfort shows care between characters. In shops and homes, clothes and chairs are made for comfort. Phrases: «comfort someone», «take comfort in», «in comfort», «a comfort to», «comfort zone», «home comforts», «comfort food», «too close for comfort».
examples
- And Isaac was comforted for his mother. (Torah GEN.24.67, JPS 1917) tree →
- Now therefore fear ye not; I will sustain you, and your little ones.' And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them. (Torah GEN.50.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. (Torah GEN.38.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- How then comfort ye me in vain? (Writings JOB.21.34, JPS 1917) tree →
- Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God. (Prophets ISA.40.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou wilt increase my greatness, and turn and comfort me. (Writings PSA.71.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- I comforted my little brother when he fell over. tree →
- The cat was a great comfort to Grandma. tree →
- These shoes are made for comfort, not speed. tree →
- She took comfort in her friends' kind words. tree →
- We sat in comfort by the fire. tree →
- Trying a new sport takes you out of your comfort zone. tree →
- Soup is my favourite comfort food. tree →
- The storm came too close for comfort. tree →
note
Verb is regular: comforted, comforting. Adjective «comfortable» (often said COMF-ta-ble). «Comfort» (help, ease) is not «comfit» (a sweet). Comforting someone does not mean making a problem disappear; it means showing you care.
In the corpora
- And Isaac was comforted for his mother.
- And the soul of king David failed with longing for Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
- Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God.
- As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
- Though I would take comfort against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «comfort» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.