--- title: H — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 6 description: The 779 words of the English dictionary under H, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / H # H — The English dictionary · page 6 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* Handsome means good-looking, usually said about a man or boy.[↗](../../handsome/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A handsome animal, building or object is fine and attractive to look at, like a handsome horse or a handsome old house.[↗](../../handsome/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A handsome amount is large and generous, like a handsome reward or a handsome win.[↗](../../handsome/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The handsome prince rode a white horse.[↗](../../handsome/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa looks very handsome in his suit.[↗](../../handsome/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · What a handsome dog\![↗](../../handsome/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They offered a handsome reward for the lost cat.[↗](../../handsome/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The team won by a handsome margin of five goals.[↗](../../handsome/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It is a handsome old building made of stone.[↗](../../handsome/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She made a handsome profit selling lemonade.[↗](../../handsome/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Handsome is as handsome does, says the old proverb.[↗](../../handsome/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Guests were invited, and received handsome presents.[↗](../../handsome/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · clothed with blue, governors and rulers, handsome young men all of them, horsemen riding upon horses.[↗](../../handsome/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.23.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handsome/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · She doted upon the Assyrians, governors and rulers, warriors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them handsome young men.[↗](../../handsome/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.23.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handsome/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, governors and rulers all of them, captains and councillors, all of them riding upon horses.[↗](../../handsome/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.23.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../handsome/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **handsomely** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Generously; in large amounts, as in «paid handsomely» or «rewarded handsomely».[↗](../../handsomely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Clearly and well; by a big margin, as in «won handsomely».[↗](../../handsomely/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In a good-looking, fine or elegant way.[↗](../../handsomely/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The finder of the lost dog was handsomely rewarded.[↗](../../handsomely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team won handsomely, 6–0.[↗](../../handsomely/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The house was handsomely decorated for Christmas.[↗](../../handsomely/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The workers were handsomely paid for the hard job.[↗](../../handsomely/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The king rewarded the brave knight handsomely.[↗](../../handsomely/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad tipped the waiter handsomely to show off.[↗](../../handsomely/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If you do that, we shall not only let you off, but reward you handsomely.”[↗](../../handsomely/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **handstand** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A position where you balance upside down on your hands, with your legs straight up in the air.[↗](../../handstand/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can you do a handstand?[↗](../../handstand/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She held a handstand for ten seconds.[↗](../../handstand/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Practise your handstand against the wall first.[↗](../../handstand/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He fell over doing a handstand on the grass.[↗](../../handstand/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We did handstands on the beach.[↗](../../handstand/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your arms straight and your tummy tight in a handstand.[↗](../../handstand/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The gymnast walked across the mat in a handstand.[↗](../../handstand/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **handwash** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Handwash is liquid soap for washing your hands.[↗](../../handwash/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To handwash clothes means to wash them by hand in water, not in a washing machine.[↗](../../handwash/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) Handwashing is washing your hands with soap and water.[↗](../../handwash/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There's handwash by the sink.[↗](../../handwash/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands with handwash for 20 seconds.[↗](../../handwash/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · This jumper says «handwash only».[↗](../../handwash/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum handwashed my woolly hat.[↗](../../handwash/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We're out of handwash — can you buy some?[↗](../../handwash/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Handwashing stops germs from spreading.[↗](../../handwash/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sing «Happy Birthday» twice while you handwash.[↗](../../handwash/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **handwriting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Writing that you do with a pen or pencil by hand, not typed.[↗](../../handwriting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The way a person's writing looks: «neat handwriting».[↗](../../handwriting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please write in your best handwriting.[↗](../../handwriting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My handwriting gets messy when I rush.[↗](../../handwriting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We practise joined-up handwriting every morning.[↗](../../handwriting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective recognised the handwriting on the letter.[↗](../../handwriting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her handwriting is small and neat.[↗](../../handwriting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I can't read the doctor's handwriting\![↗](../../handwriting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And yet it is undeniably my own handwriting.[↗](../../handwriting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **handwritten** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Handwritten means written by hand with a pen or pencil, not typed or printed.[↗](../../handwritten/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma loves getting handwritten letters.[↗](../../handwritten/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He left a handwritten note on the fridge.[↗](../../handwritten/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Is your homework handwritten or typed?[↗](../../handwritten/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop had a handwritten sign in the window.[↗](../../handwritten/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A handwritten thank-you card is very kind.[↗](../../handwritten/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old recipe book is all handwritten.[↗](../../handwritten/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective studied the handwritten message.[↗](../../handwritten/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Please hand in a handwritten copy of your poem.[↗](../../handwritten/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **handy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Useful and easy to use.[↗](../../handy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Near and easy to reach: «Keep a torch handy».[↗](../../handy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Good at doing things with your hands.[↗](../../handy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «come in handy»: be useful later.[↗](../../handy/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This pocket knife is really handy.[↗](../../handy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your water bottle handy.[↗](../../handy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our house is handy for the school.[↗](../../handy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is handy with tools.[↗](../../handy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Save the string — it might come in handy.[↗](../../handy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Here's a handy tip for long division.[↗](../../handy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "I am not taking the hammer because I think there is something there," said he, "but it is handy for breaking the large lumps of coal."[↗](../../handy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hang** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To hang is to put something up so it is held from above, like a coat on a hook.[↗](../../hang/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To hang is also to be held from above, with the lower part free, like a bat hanging upside down.[↗](../../hang/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To hang around or hang out is to spend time somewhere doing nothing special.[↗](../../hang/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To hang up is to end a phone call.[↗](../../hang/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To get the hang of something is to learn how to do it.[↗](../../hang/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* To hang someone means to kill them by tying a rope around their neck.[↗](../../hang/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She hangs 4 pictures on each wall.[↗](../../hang/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 12 coats hang on the hooks.[↗](../../hang/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He hung 30 lights in 5 rows.[↗](../../hang/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many shirts are hanging?[↗](../../hang/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hang your bag on your peg before class.[↗](../../hang/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats hang upside down when they sleep.[↗](../../hang/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hang on a minute, I am coming\![↗](../../hang/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She hung up the phone and ran outside.[↗](../../hang/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · After a few tries, Leo got the hang of riding his bike.[↗](../../hang/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Now they're going to hang me.[↗](../../hang/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.[↗](../../hang/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.40.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hang/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.[↗](../../hang/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.40.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hang/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was: I was restored unto mine office, and he was hanged.'[↗](../../hang/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hang/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.[↗](../../hang/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.137.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hang/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai.[↗](../../hang/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EST.7.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hang/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Princes are hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders are not honoured.[↗](../../hang/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.5.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hang/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **hangest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «hangest» means «you hang», a form of «hang».[↗](../../hangest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To hang is to put something up so it is held from above, like a coat on a hook.[↗](../../hangest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **hangeth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «hangeth» means «hangs», a form of «hang».[↗](../../hangeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To hang is to put something up so it is held from above, like a coat on a hook.[↗](../../hangeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "See, see, she hangeth by the throte, and therefor she speaketh not," saide others; "and the beast flieth not like a beast;" so she opened her mouth and "pashte hir all to pieces."[↗](../../hangeth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Indian Fairy Tales) **hanging** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hanging is a cloth such as a curtain or tapestry hung on a wall for decoration.[↗](../../hanging/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hanging means being fixed up high with the bottom free, as coats hang on hooks.[↗](../../hanging/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Golden hangings covered the walls.[↗](../../hanging/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She hid behind the hangings.[↗](../../hanging/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Coats were hanging on the hooks.[↗](../../hanging/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.[↗](../../hanging/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.38.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hanging/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.[↗](../../hanging/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.27.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hanging/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.[↗](../../hanging/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.38.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hanging/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said: 'Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.'[↗](../../hanging/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.18.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hanging/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees; and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.[↗](../../hanging/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.10.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hanging/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and on the borders that were between the stays were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the stays it was in like manner above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.[↗](../../hanging/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.7.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hanging/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **hangman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A hangman was the man whose job was to put criminals to death by hanging them.[↗](../../hangman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hangman waited with his rope.[↗](../../hangman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Say your prayers,» said the hangman.[↗](../../hangman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **hangnail** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small torn piece of skin hanging loose at the side or bottom of a fingernail, which can hurt.[↗](../../hangnail/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I've got a sore hangnail on my thumb.[↗](../../hangnail/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't pull your hangnail; you'll make it bleed.[↗](../../hangnail/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum cut off my hangnail with nail clippers.[↗](../../hangnail/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Biting your nails can cause hangnails.[↗](../../hangnail/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hand cream helps stop hangnails in winter.[↗](../../hangnail/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A hangnail can get red and infected if you pick at it.[↗](../../hangnail/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hangover** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hangover is the sick feeling, headache and tiredness a person has the day after drinking too much alcohol.[↗](../../hangover/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something left over from an earlier time that still continues: «a hangover from the old days».[↗](../../hangover/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad joked he had a hangover after the party.[↗](../../hangover/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A hangover can cause a headache and thirst.[↗](../../hangover/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old rule is a hangover from long ago.[↗](../../hangover/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Drink water to avoid feeling bad the next day.[↗](../../hangover/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He stayed in bed with a hangover.[↗](../../hangover/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This uniform rule is a hangover from the past.[↗](../../hangover/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hangry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, humorous) bad-tempered or irritable because you are hungry.[↗](../../hangry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (euphemism) a light-hearted excuse for being grumpy.[↗](../../hangry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Feed me now, I'm getting hangry\![↗](../../hangry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother gets hangry before lunch.[↗](../../hangry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sorry I snapped, I was just hangry.[↗](../../hangry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The snack advert says, "Don't get hangry, grab a bar."[↗](../../hangry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad's always hangry if dinner is late.[↗](../../hangry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The hangry toddler threw her spoon on the floor.[↗](../../hangry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists say low blood sugar can make people hangry.[↗](../../hangry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Being hangry doesn't make it OK to be rude.[↗](../../hangry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **hani** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) The Hani are a people of southern China (Yunnan), Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar; their language is also called Hani.[↗](../../hani/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Hani is a first name used in Arabic and some other languages, and a surname.[↗](../../hani/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* It is not an ordinary English word.[↗](../../hani/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Hani rice terraces climb up the mountains like giant steps.[↗](../../hani/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Hani people have farmed these hills for centuries.[↗](../../hani/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hani is a language spoken in China and Vietnam.[↗](../../hani/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hani is in Year 5 at our school.[↗](../../hani/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw photos of the Hani terraces filled with water.[↗](../../hani/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **hank** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A loop or coil of wool, yarn, thread, rope or hair, loosely wound and tied, as in «a hank of wool».[↗](../../hank/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Hank is a man's first name, mostly in the USA, a short form of Henry; for example the singer Hank Williams.[↗](../../hank/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gran bought three hanks of blue wool.[↗](../../hank/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We wound the hank of yarn into a ball.[↗](../../hank/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A hank of hair fell over her eyes.[↗](../../hank/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailor coiled a hank of rope.[↗](../../hank/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle Hank lives in Texas.[↗](../../hank/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "I've got two hanks of catgut; I'll fetch them for you."[↗](../../hank/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hankering** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hankering is a strong wish or longing for something, often for a long time.[↗](../../hankering/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She had a hankering for sweets.[↗](../../hankering/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · John's hankering for a bigger prize grew each day.[↗](../../hankering/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **hanukkah** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A Jewish festival of lights that lasts eight days and nights in the winter, remembering how the Temple in Jerusalem was won back and made holy again, and the oil that burned for eight days.[↗](../../hanukkah/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We lit the menorah on the first night of Hanukkah.[↗](../../hanukkah/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend Sarah celebrates Hanukkah with her family.[↗](../../hanukkah/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hanukkah lasts for eight nights.[↗](../../hanukkah/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We played dreidel and ate potato latkes at Hanukkah.[↗](../../hanukkah/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · On the last night of Hanukkah, all eight candles are lit.[↗](../../hanukkah/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Happy Hanukkah\![↗](../../hanukkah/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class learned how Hanukkah and Christmas are different.[↗](../../hanukkah/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **hao** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Mandarin, pinyin) Hǎo means «good», «well» or «fine»; it is one of the most common Chinese words.[↗](../../hao/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Mandarin, pinyin) «Nǐ hǎo» (you good) means «hello».[↗](../../hao/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Mandarin, pinyin) Hào, said with a different tone, can mean a number or a date in the month, as in «sān hào» (the 3rd).[↗](../../hao/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (Mandarin) «Nǐ hǎo!» means «Hello!»[↗](../../hao/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (Mandarin) «Hǎo» means «good» or «OK».[↗](../../hao/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (Mandarin) «Nǐ hǎo ma?» means «How are you?»[↗](../../hao/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (Mandarin) «Hěn hǎo» means «very good».[↗](../../hao/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The character 好 is said «hǎo».[↗](../../hao/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher said «hǎo» sounds a bit like the English word «how».[↗](../../hao/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hap** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old) Luck or chance, especially something that happens by chance.[↗](../../hap/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old) An event that happens; «haps» means things that happen.[↗](../../hap/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Scotland, northern England, dialect) To wrap up warmly; a «hap» is a warm shawl or blanket.[↗](../../hap/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In old stories, «by hap» means «by chance».[↗](../../hap/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Happen» and «perhaps» both come from «hap».[↗](../../hap/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A «mishap» is a small accident, a bit of bad hap.[↗](../../hap/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Granny in Shetland happed the baby in a woolly shawl.[↗](../../hap/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «What's the haps?» my cousin from California asked.[↗](../../hap/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "What better hap could I look for, fool that I am!"[↗](../../hap/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and her hap was to light on the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.[↗](../../hap/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.2.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hap/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **haply** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Perhaps; by chance.[↗](../../haply/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? had there not been then a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?'[↗](../../haply/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.14.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../haply/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **happen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To happen is to take place, to come about.[↗](../../happen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* What happened?[↗](../../happen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To happen to someone is to be the thing they go through.[↗](../../happen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Something funny happened to me.[↗](../../happen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To happen to do something is to do it by chance.[↗](../../happen/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I happened to see her.[↗](../../happen/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Not quite.[↗](../../happen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Think: what happens to the groups?[↗](../../happen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Here we multiply.[↗](../../happen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · What happens to the apples when Tom eats 2?[↗](../../happen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · What happened at school today?[↗](../../happen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Accidents can happen, so be careful.[↗](../../happen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · What happens if we put the ice in the sun?[↗](../../happen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I happened to see your mum at the shop.[↗](../../happen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Something strange happened in the night.[↗](../../happen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And then a strange thing happened.[↗](../../happen/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Let them bring them forth, and declare unto us the things that shall happen; the former things, what are they?[↗](../../happen/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.41.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../happen/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying: 'As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.'[↗](../../happen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.28.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../happen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the young man that told him said: 'As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and the horsemen pressed hard upon him.[↗](../../happen/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.1.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../happen/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) … [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/5/) **6** [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/7/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/40/) - ← previous: [page 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/5/) - next →: [page 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