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# bless

«bless» in Mova's school dictionary: **to ask God to protect someone or something or bring them…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (bless, blesses, blessed or blest, blessing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To bless means to ask God to protect someone or something or bring them good, often by a priest or religious leader. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bless/#m1)

2) «Bless you!» is what people say when someone sneezes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bless/#m2)

3) To be blessed with something means to be lucky to have it («blessed with good health»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bless/#m3)

4) «Bless him/her» or «bless» is said (mainly UK) to show love or sympathy for someone small or sweet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bless/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In RE, blessings are part of many religions' ceremonies (weddings, naming of babies, harvest). In everyday manners «Bless you!» after a sneeze is polite. In stories a character may be blessed with a gift or bless a journey. Phrases: «bless you», «God bless», «blessed with», «a blessing in disguise».

### examples

- «Atchoo!» «Bless you!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bless/#x1)
- The priest blessed the new baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bless/#x2)
- We are blessed with lovely neighbours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bless/#x3)
- Grandma always says «God bless» at bedtime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bless/#x4)
- Oh, bless him, he's fallen asleep in his dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bless/#x5)
- The vicar blessed the animals at the pet service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bless/#x6)
- Losing the match was a blessing in disguise; we trained harder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bless/#x7)
- The rain was a blessing for the dry farms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bless/#x8)

### note

Past «blessed» (said «blest» as a verb); as an adjective «blessed» is often said BLESS-id («a blessed day»). Noun «blessing». «A blessing in disguise» means something that seemed bad but turned out good.

### In the corpora

- [The Rat: «That's all right, bless you!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/30/)
- [She laughs: «Bless the animal ...](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter/24/)
- [In English-speaking countries people often say «bless you» after a sneeze, and the person says «thank you».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/7/)
- [When someone sneezes, many people in English-speaking countries say "Bless you".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/9/)
- [Liam whispered «Bless me, Father, for I have sinned» and told the priest about the name.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/355-the-coach-the-lollipop-lady-slammed-doors-and-sorry/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bless» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bless/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.