damage
noun (damage, uncountable); verb (damage, damages, damaged, damaging)
Everyday
- Damage is harm done to something so that it is broken, spoiled or weaker. tree →
- To damage something means to harm or break it. tree →
- Damages (plural) is money a court tells someone to pay for harm they caused. tree →
In the lessons
In science and geography damage is what storms, floods, earthquakes and fires do to buildings and land. In health lessons loud noise damages hearing, sun damages skin, and sugar damages teeth. In everyday life you say sorry and try to fix things if you damage someone's property. Phrases: cause damage, do damage, storm damage, brain damage, damage control.
Examples
- The storm caused a lot of damage to the roof. tree →
- Loud music can damage your ears. tree →
- Too much sun can damage your skin. tree →
- He damaged his bike when he rode into the wall. tree →
- The flood damaged many houses. tree →
- Sugar damages your teeth if you don't brush. tree →
- Be careful with library books; don't damage them. tree →
- Did the hail do any damage to the car? tree →
- "Oh, it's quite dry and isn't damaged at all. tree →
Note
As a noun «damage» is uncountable: «a lot of damage», not «damages» or «a damage». Things are damaged (harmed) or destroyed (completely ruined). Regular verb: damaged, damaging.
In Jewish tradition
In Ezra and Daniel it means harm or loss to the king and his treasury. In Proverbs it means harm that comes from foolishness.
Interpretation. Proverbs is read as teaching that trusting a fool brings harm to yourself.
Examples
- And take heed that ye be not slack herein; why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?' (Writings EZR.4.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh damage. (Writings PRO.26.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account unto them, and that the king should have no damage. (Writings DAN.6.3, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
As a noun «damage» is uncountable: «a lot of damage», not «damages» or «a damage». Things are damaged (harmed) or destroyed (completely ruined). Regular verb: damaged, damaging.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «damage» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «damage» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «damage» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «damage» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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