headband
part of speech
noun (a headband, headbands)
meaning for a pupil
A headband is a band of cloth, plastic or elastic worn around the head or over the hair to keep hair or sweat away from the face, or for decoration. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A cloth band the prophet wore over his eyes to disguise himself before the king. Interpretation: Tradition notes that the prophet disguised himself to give King Ahab a message in a parable form, so that Ahab would judge himself. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, children wear headbands to hold hair back, in sports to soak up sweat, and in dress-up (bunny ears, crowns). In crafts, pupils make paper headbands with feathers, animal ears or crowns. Phrases: wear a headband, sweatband, a headband with ears.
examples
- So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes. (Prophets 1KI.20.38, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he hastened, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. (Prophets 1KI.20.41, JPS 1917) tree →
- She pushed her hair back with a blue headband. tree →
- The tennis player wore a headband to stop sweat getting in his eyes. tree →
- We made paper headbands with rabbit ears for the play. tree →
- My headband has a little bow on it. tree →
- Grandma knitted me a warm headband for winter. tree →
- The runners all wore matching headbands. tree →
note
One word, countable: headbands. A headband that goes around the forehead for sport is also called a «sweatband». An «Alice band» (UK) is a stiff headband over the top of the head.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «headband» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.