garment
part of speech
noun (a garment, garments)
meaning for a pupil
1) A garment is a piece of clothing, such as a shirt, dress, coat or pair of trousers. tree →
2) Used in shops, factories and labels as a formal word for clothes. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It can mean everyday clothing, the holy clothes of the priests, or cloth that could become unclean with a skin disease. In the prophets and Job it is also a picture, for the covering of the sea or clouds, or for the bloodstained clothes of a warrior. Interpretation: The priestly garments were made "for splendour and for beauty," and tradition says each one helped atone for a certain sin; the law also forbids mixing wool and linen (shaatnez). The tradition reads the figures of garments as showing God's greatness over creation. In the primary lessons: Used in formal writing, labels («wash this garment inside out»), shops and history. Phrases: «a garment factory», «outer garment», «garment care». It tells the reader about an item of clothing.
examples
- and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house; (Torah LEV.14.55, JPS 1917) tree →
- And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. (Torah GEN.39.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for splendour and for beauty. (Torah EXO.28.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- Who can uncover the face of his garment? (Writings JOB.41.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Who hath bound the waters in his garment? (Writings PRO.30.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- 'Who is this that cometh from Edom, with crimsoned garments from Bozrah? (Prophets ISA.63.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- Check the label before washing the garment. tree →
- The factory makes garments for many shops. tree →
- A cloak was a common garment long ago. tree →
- Hang wet garments on the line to dry. tree →
- This garment should be dry-cleaned. tree →
- She sewed a new garment for her doll. tree →
- The child's short garment reached only to her knee. tree →
note
Countable: a garment, garments. More formal than «clothes» or «piece of clothing». Labels use it a lot.
In the corpora
- And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.
- And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
- And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
- And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
- And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «garment» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.