tress

«tress» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a long lock or strand of hair, especially one that hangs… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (tresses)

meaning for a pupil

A tress is a long lock or strand of hair, especially one that hangs down. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A lock of hair. In the Song of Songs the king is caught in the beloved's flowing hair, a picture of love. Interpretation: The Song is read as a picture of God's love for Israel. The king held captive in the tresses is read as God held by love for His people. In the primary lessons: in tales a princess or maiden has long tresses of hair; one tress is one lock

examples

• Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thy head like purple; the king is held captive in the tresses thereof. (Writings SNG.7.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• She combed her long golden tresses. tree →
• A tress of hair fell across her face. tree →
• The girl cut off just one tress. tree →

note

nothing for maths; if a problem counts tresses, each tress counts as one.

Trees and pragmatics

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