salute
part of speech
verb (salute, salutes, saluted, saluting); noun (a salute, salutes)
meaning for a pupil
1) To salute means to raise your right hand to your forehead as a sign of respect, as soldiers do. tree →
2) A salute is that movement, or another sign of respect such as guns fired into the air. tree →
3) To salute someone means to praise them openly for something brave or good: "we salute our volunteers". tree →
4) (formal) To salute can mean to greet someone. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: People "salute" by wishing each other peace, as when Saul is greeted or David sends men to Nabal. Interpretation: The greeting shows how central shalom, peace, is to Jewish life. In the primary lessons: In stories and history the army, navy, scouts and guides salute flags and officers. In everyday speech "I salute you" means "well done, I admire you". Phrases: salute the flag, a 21-gun salute, give a salute, return a salute.
examples
- And they will salute thee, and give thee two cakes of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hand. (Prophets 1SA.10.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying: 'Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he flew upon them. (Prophets 1SA.25.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- And it came to pass that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. (Prophets 1SA.13.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- The soldier saluted the general. tree →
- The scouts saluted the flag at the start of the meeting. tree →
- The captain returned the salute. tree →
- Guns were fired as a salute to the king. tree →
- We salute all the nurses who worked so hard. tree →
- You finished the whole marathon? I salute you! tree →
- He gave a smart salute and marched away. tree →
- Before starting your performance, salute your audience!” tree →
note
Past form: saluted. Noun and verb have the same form. Salute is pronounced "suh-LOOT". Do not confuse with "salt" or "solute" (a substance dissolved in a liquid, in science).
In the corpora
- And they will salute thee, and give thee two cakes of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hand.
- "The one-finger salute" is a jokey name for raising the middle finger as an insult.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «salute» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.