--- title: U — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 22 description: The 584 words of the English dictionary under U, 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/U/page/22/) [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/) / U # U — The English dictionary · page 22 [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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*Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) Upsetting means making you feel sad, worried or unhappy.[↗](../../upsetting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) Upsetting someone is making them feel sad or worried.[↗](../../upsetting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) Knocking something over, or spoiling a plan.[↗](../../upsetting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The news was very upsetting.[↗](../../upsetting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If you see anything upsetting online, tell an adult.[↗](../../upsetting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop upsetting your little sister.[↗](../../upsetting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It's upsetting when a pet is ill.[↗](../../upsetting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat kept upsetting the flower pot.[↗](../../upsetting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She found the film upsetting.[↗](../../upsetting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Finding his Master seated at the dinner table, he kicked up his heels and, with a loud bray, pranced giddily around the table, upsetting it as he did so.[↗](../../upsetting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **upside** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* "Upside down" means with the top at the bottom and the bottom at the top.[↗](../../upside/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* "Upside down" also means in a big mess.[↗](../../upside/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The room was turned upside down."[↗](../../upside/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The upside is the good side of something that is mostly bad.[↗](../../upside/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bats sleep upside down.[↗](../../upside/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You're holding the map upside down\![↗](../../upside/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The burglar turned the house upside down.[↗](../../upside/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A 6 upside down looks like a 9.[↗](../../upside/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The upside of rain is that the garden gets watered.[↗](../../upside/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Flip the pancake upside down.[↗](../../upside/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He turned it upside down, but nothing came out, which surprised him very much.[↗](../../upside/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.[↗](../../upside/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.24.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../upside/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.[↗](../../upside/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.21.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../upside/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **upstairs** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* On or to a higher floor of a building.[↗](../../upstairs/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, on a higher floor.[↗](../../upstairs/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the upstairs bathroom".[↗](../../upstairs/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a noun, the upper floor of a house.[↗](../../upstairs/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My bedroom is upstairs.[↗](../../upstairs/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Go upstairs and brush your teeth.[↗](../../upstairs/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard a thump upstairs.[↗](../../upstairs/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The upstairs bathroom is bigger.[↗](../../upstairs/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Carry the basket upstairs carefully, holding the rail.[↗](../../upstairs/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our neighbours upstairs have a baby.[↗](../../upstairs/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus has an upstairs deck.[↗](../../upstairs/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Presently he heard steps coming upstairs.[↗](../../upstairs/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **upstream** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Upstream means towards the source of a river or stream, against the way the water flows.[↗](../../upstream/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An upstream place is further up the river, nearer its source.[↗](../../upstream/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Swimming upstream can mean doing something hard, against what most people do or want.[↗](../../upstream/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Salmon swim upstream to lay their eggs.[↗](../../upstream/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We paddled the canoe upstream, which was hard work.[↗](../../upstream/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The village upstream has cleaner water.[↗](../../upstream/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pollution upstream can harm fish downstream.[↗](../../upstream/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A boat goes 10 km/h in still water and the river flows at 2 km/h, so upstream it goes 8 km/h.[↗](../../upstream/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The source of the river is upstream from here.[↗](../../upstream/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Remember, you are upstream and I am downstream."[↗](../../upstream/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **upthrust** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) The upward push that a liquid or gas gives to an object placed in it; it is why things float or feel lighter in water.[↗](../../upthrust/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (geography) A pushing upward of rock or land, for example when mountains slowly rise.[↗](../../upthrust/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The water gives the boat an upthrust.[↗](../../upthrust/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A ball feels lighter in the pool because of upthrust.[↗](../../upthrust/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw an arrow to show the upthrust on the cork.[↗](../../upthrust/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If the upthrust equals the weight, the object floats.[↗](../../upthrust/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A stone sinks because its weight is bigger than the upthrust.[↗](../../upthrust/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Air gives a small upthrust to a balloon.[↗](../../upthrust/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The mountains were formed by an upthrust of rock.[↗](../../upthrust/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **upturned** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Upturned means turned upside down: an upturned boat or bucket.[↗](../../upturned/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Upturned can also mean turned or pointing upwards: an upturned face or nose.[↗](../../upturned/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We sat on upturned crates around the fire.[↗](../../upturned/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An upturned boat lay on the beach.[↗](../../upturned/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The children's upturned faces watched the fireworks.[↗](../../upturned/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She hid her toys under an upturned basket.[↗](../../upturned/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn a glass upturned into water and the air stays inside.[↗](../../upturned/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy had a little upturned nose.[↗](../../upturned/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Glinda leaned forward and kissed the sweet, upturned face of the loving little girl.[↗](../../upturned/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **upward** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Upward means going up, towards a higher place.[↗](../../upward/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Upward also means getting bigger or higher in number, like prices or temperature going upward.[↗](../../upward/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As an adjective, an upward move or slope is one that goes up.[↗](../../upward/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The snail crawls 3 metres upward each day and slides 2 down at night.[↗](../../upward/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lift moved upward 4 floors.[↗](../../upward/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The balloon rose upward 50 metres.[↗](../../upward/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The temperature went upward by 6 degrees.[↗](../../upward/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoke drifts upward from the chimney.[↗](../../upward/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She looked upward at the stars.[↗](../../upward/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The line on the graph goes upward, so sales grew.[↗](../../upward/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants grow upward towards the sun.[↗](../../upward/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The path climbs upward to the top of the hill.[↗](../../upward/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Splash! splash! the water leaped upward into spray.[↗](../../upward/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.[↗](../../upward/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.7.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../upward/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of the LORD.[↗](../../upward/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.30.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../upward/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families; every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.'[↗](../../upward/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.3.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../upward/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.[↗](../../upward/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.5.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../upward/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.[↗](../../upward/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.74.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../upward/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward.[↗](../../upward/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.1.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../upward/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **upwind** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Upwind means in the direction the wind is coming from, against the wind.[↗](../../upwind/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* If you are upwind of something, the wind blows from you towards it.[↗](../../upwind/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stand upwind of the barbecue so the smoke does not blow in your face.[↗](../../upwind/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The deer smelled us because we were upwind.[↗](../../upwind/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It is harder to sail upwind than downwind.[↗](../../upwind/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory is upwind of the town, so the smell reaches the houses.[↗](../../upwind/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep upwind of any chemical spill.[↗](../../upwind/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We cycled upwind and it was hard work.[↗](../../upwind/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **uranium** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Uranium is a heavy, silvery, radioactive metal found in rocks, a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92.[↗](../../uranium/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Uranium is used as fuel in nuclear power stations and in nuclear weapons.[↗](../../uranium/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Uranium is found in some rocks.[↗](../../uranium/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nuclear power stations use uranium as fuel.[↗](../../uranium/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Uranium is radioactive, so it must be handled with care.[↗](../../uranium/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The symbol for uranium is U.[↗](../../uranium/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Canada and Australia mine uranium.[↗](../../uranium/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A small amount of uranium can make a lot of energy.[↗](../../uranium/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Uranium was named after the planet Uranus.[↗](../../uranium/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **urban** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with towns and cities, not the countryside.[↗](../../urban/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Most people in the UK live in urban areas.[↗](../../urban/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Foxes have learned to live in urban gardens.[↗](../../urban/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Urban roads are busy at rush hour.[↗](../../urban/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We compared urban and rural life in geography.[↗](../../urban/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The alligator in the sewer is just an urban myth.[↗](../../urban/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Urban parks give city children space to play.[↗](../../urban/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **urchin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An urchin (sea urchin) is a small, round sea animal with a hard shell covered in sharp spines, which lives on the sea floor and rock pools.[↗](../../urchin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In old stories, an urchin is a poor, dirty, often cheeky child who lives on the streets.[↗](../../urchin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A poor or mischievous child, or in the first sentence a hedgehog.[↗](../../urchin/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I saw a purple sea urchin in the rock pool.[↗](../../urchin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear water shoes so you don't step on a sea urchin.[↗](../../urchin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sea otters crack open urchins to eat them.[↗](../../urchin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The urchin's spines are very sharp.[↗](../../urchin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old story, a street urchin stole a loaf of bread.[↗](../../urchin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sea urchins move slowly on tiny tube feet.[↗](../../urchin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Too many urchins can eat a whole kelp forest.[↗](../../urchin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The cheeky urchin ran off laughing.[↗](../../urchin/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · One day two street-urchins were playing and wading in the gutter, picking up old nails, pennies, and such things.[↗](../../urchin/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Even urchins despised me; if I arise, they speak against me.[↗](../../urchin/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.19.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../urchin/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · "In the fourth glass is neither herb, bird, nor urchin.[↗](../../urchin/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · “They say he is a mischief-maker, a tramp, a street urchin--”[↗](../../urchin/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (The Adventures of Pinocchio) · One day two street-urchins were playing and wading in the gutter, picking up old nails, pennies, and such things.[↗](../../urchin/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (The Yellow Fairy Book) **urdu** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A language spoken mainly in Pakistan and India, written with an Arabic-style script from right to left.[↗](../../urdu/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, to do with that language, such as Urdu poetry.[↗](../../urdu/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My friend speaks Urdu with her grandmother.[↗](../../urdu/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Urdu is the national language of Pakistan.[↗](../../urdu/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sign was written in English and Urdu.[↗](../../urdu/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Urdu is written from right to left.[↗](../../urdu/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned to say hello in Urdu.[↗](../../urdu/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Urdu poetry is famous for its love songs called ghazals.[↗](../../urdu/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **urge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To urge someone to do something is to try hard to persuade them, or to tell them strongly that they should.[↗](../../urge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An urge is a strong wish or need to do something, often suddenly.[↗](../../urge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To urge an animal on is to make it move faster.[↗](../../urge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher urged us to check our answers.[↗](../../urge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a sudden urge to sing.[↗](../../urge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The police urge drivers to take care on icy roads.[↗](../../urge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd urged the runners on to the finish.[↗](../../urge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I resisted the urge to eat the last cookie.[↗](../../urge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum urged me to wear a coat.[↗](../../urge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The rider urged her horse forward.[↗](../../urge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Don't let that keep you at home," urged the Brass Pot.[↗](../../urge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.[↗](../../urge/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.19.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../urge/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.'[↗](../../urge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") And he urged him, and he took it.[↗](../../urge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.33.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../urge/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The Sefer Yetzirah urges us to investigate and examine the letters, that we may have a clear insight into the subject.[↗](../../urge/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../urge/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.[↗](../../urge/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.19.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../urge/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death.[↗](../../urge/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.16.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../urge/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · But he refused, and said: 'I will not eat.'[↗](../../urge/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") But his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he hearkened unto their voice.[↗](../../urge/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.28.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../urge/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **urgency** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Urgency is the need to act quickly because something is important.[↗](../../urgency/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Urgency is also the feeling that something must be done at once.[↗](../../urgency/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was urgency in her voice.[↗](../../urgency/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor acted with urgency.[↗](../../urgency/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We need a sense of urgency to finish on time.[↗](../../urgency/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fire was a matter of urgency.[↗](../../urgency/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He spoke with urgency.[↗](../../urgency/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The urgency of the situation was clear.[↗](../../urgency/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **urgent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Urgent means very important and needing to be done or dealt with straight away.[↗](../../urgent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An urgent voice or look shows that someone needs something quickly.[↗](../../urgent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This is urgent; please call me back.[↗](../../urgent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The injured man needed urgent help.[↗](../../urgent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She spoke in an urgent whisper.[↗](../../urgent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If someone stops breathing, it is urgent, so call an ambulance.[↗](../../urgent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher had an urgent message for the head.[↗](../../urgent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fixing the leaking pipe is urgent.[↗](../../urgent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It isn't urgent, so it can wait until tomorrow.[↗](../../urgent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Mark the email «urgent».[↗](../../urgent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "But as your business is so urgent, I will try to carry you across.[↗](../../urgent/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the taskmasters were urgent, saying: 'Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.'[↗](../../urgent/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../urgent/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said: 'We are all dead men.'[↗](../../urgent/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../urgent/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **urgently** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Urgently means very quickly, because something is important and must be done right now: «We need help urgently.».[↗](../../urgently/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hospital urgently needs blood donors.[↗](../../urgently/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Come quickly!» she said urgently.[↗](../../urgently/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The roof leak must be fixed urgently before it rains again.[↗](../../urgently/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The lost hiker urgently needed water.[↗](../../urgently/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We urgently packed our bags when the flood warning came.[↗](../../urgently/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The head teacher urgently called all the parents.[↗](../../urgently/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She would not let him go, but he went on urgently entreating.[↗](../../urgently/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **uriah** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Bible) Uriah the Hittite was a loyal soldier in King David's army; David took Uriah's wife Bathsheba and had Uriah sent to the front of the battle, where he was killed.[↗](../../uriah/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A man's name.[↗](../../uriah/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Uriah Heep is a sly, falsely humble villain in Charles Dickens's novel David Copperfield.[↗](../../uriah/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Uriah was a brave soldier in David's army.[↗](../../uriah/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · King David sent Uriah to the front of the battle.[↗](../../uriah/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The prophet Nathan told David a story to show he had wronged Uriah.[↗](../../uriah/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · David was sorry for what he had done to Uriah.[↗](../../uriah/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Uriah Heep keeps saying he is «very 'umble».[↗](../../uriah/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Uriah would not go home while his fellow soldiers were in danger.[↗](../../uriah/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai; (Writings 1CH.11.41, JPS 1917)[↗](../../uriah/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz.[↗](../../uriah/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.3.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../uriah/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And one said: 'Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?'[↗](../../uriah/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.11.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../uriah/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) … [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/page/21/) **22** [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/page/23/) [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/page/24/) - ← previous: [page 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