roof
part of speech
noun (a roof, roofs); verb (roof — rare)
meaning for a pupil
1) A roof is the top covering of a building or vehicle. tree →
2) The roof of your mouth is the hard top part inside your mouth. tree →
3) A roof over your head means a place to live. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Roofs were flat in Israel and used as living space, so the Torah commands a parapet around the roof. Interpretation: The rabbis took the parapet law as a duty to remove danger from one's home, and applied it to any hazard that could harm others. In the primary lessons: In design and science, roofs keep out rain, snow and sun; sloping roofs let water run off; materials include tiles, slate, metal and thatch. In safety, never climb onto a roof; it is easy to fall. In stories, a chase across rooftops is exciting. Phrases: on the roof, roof of the mouth, hit the roof (get very angry), raise the roof (be very noisy), under one roof, a roof over your head.
examples
- When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence. (Torah DEU.22.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; (Prophets JOS.2.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. (Writings JOB.29.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not; if I set not Jerusalem above my chiefest joy. (Writings PSA.137.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- The cat is sitting on the roof. tree →
- Rain drummed on the roof all night. tree →
- The car has a sunroof. tree →
- The roof of the old barn leaked. tree →
- Mum hit the roof when she saw the mess. tree →
- Peanut butter sticks to the roof of your mouth. tree →
- Everyone was under one roof for the party. tree →
- The roof sloped nearly to the ground. tree →
note
Plural roofs (not "rooves"). Compare: leaf/leaves but roof/roofs. A ball stuck on a roof should be fetched by an adult with proper ladders, never by a child.
In the corpora
- And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
- The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
- Many gulls have moved into towns and nest on flat rooftops, because cities have food and safe roofs away from foxes.
- And the Australian possum living in a roof is a different animal from the American opossum, though both carry their babies in pouches.
- Some honeypot ant workers swell with sweet liquid and hang from the nest roof like living jars, storing food for hard times.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «roof» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.