fitted

«fitted» in Mova's judaism dictionary: made to match the shape of the body closely — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (fitted); verb form (fitted, past of fit)

meaning for a pupil

1) Fitted clothes are made to match the shape of the body closely. tree →

2) Fitted furniture, such as a fitted kitchen or fitted carpet, is made to fit a particular space and fixed in place. tree →

3) Fitted is the past form of «fit»: it was the right size, or someone put something in place. tree →

4) Fitted out means supplied with everything needed for a trip or job. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life fitted sheets have elastic corners; fitted kitchens and wardrobes fill a room exactly. In stories «the glass slipper fitted perfectly». Phrases: «fitted with» (has as a part), «a fitted sheet», «be fitted for» (measured for).

examples

• And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work. (Prophets 1KI.6.35, JPS 1917) tree →
• The glass slipper fitted Cinderella perfectly. tree →
• The car is fitted with seatbelts in every seat. tree →
• Dad fitted a new lock on the door. tree →
• She wore a fitted jacket. tree →
• A fitted sheet has elastic at the corners. tree →
• We had a fitted carpet put in. tree →
• All the books fitted on one shelf. tree →
• When they were properly fitted out I embarked on my expedition. tree →

note

Past of «fit»: British English says «fitted»; American English often uses «fit» for the size sense: «It fit me» (US) and «It fitted me» (UK). Double «t» in fitted.

In the corpora

• And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.
• Mia's sofa fitted five, and the sixth kid always ended up on the floor.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fitted» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.