soul
part of speech
noun (a soul, souls; soul — music)
meaning for a pupil
1) (religion) The soul is the part of a person that many religions believe is spiritual, lives on after death, and is the real "you" — your mind, feelings and spirit. tree →
2) A soul is a person, as in "not a soul was there" (nobody) or "poor soul" (a person to feel sorry for). tree →
3) Soul is deep feeling or warmth in music, art or speech: "She sings with soul." tree →
4) Soul music is a style of African American music with gospel roots. tree →
5) To have a soul for something means to have a deep love for it and a natural gift for it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In RE, Christians believe each person has a soul made by God; other faiths and humanists see it differently. In stories "heart and soul" means with all your energy. Phrases: body and soul, heart and soul, not a soul, poor soul, soul mate, soul food, bless his soul.
examples
- Many people believe the soul lives on after death. tree →
- There wasn't a soul in the park at night. tree →
- The old dog was a gentle soul. tree →
- She put her heart and soul into the painting. tree →
- Poor soul, he lost his umbrella in the storm. tree →
- Grandma loves soul music. tree →
- "God rest his soul," said Nan at the funeral. tree →
- You have a soul for poetry. tree →
note
Countable. Homophone: sole (a fish, or the bottom of your foot or shoe, or "only": the sole survivor). "Not a soul" means "no one" — it is not about religion there.
In the corpora
- Hindus believe the soul is reborn many times (reincarnation) until it reaches freedom, called moksha.
- Christians believe the person, their soul, is with God, and they hope for resurrection.
- Many Orthodox Christians believe the soul is on a journey to God during the forty days after death.
- Hindus believe in reincarnation: the soul is reborn in a new body until it is finally freed.
- «Do I have a soul?
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «soul» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.