olive

noun (an olive, olives; olive, uncountable for colour/oil); adjective (olive — colour)

«olive» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

An olive is a small oval fruit, green or black, with a stone inside, that grows on olive trees and is eaten or pressed for oil. tree →
Olive oil is the oil made from olives. tree →
Olive (or olive green) is a dull yellowish-green colour. tree →
An olive tree is the tree these fruits grow on. tree →

In the lessons

In geography, olives grow in warm, dry places such as Greece, Italy and Spain. In stories and history, an olive branch is a sign of peace. Phrases: "olive oil", "olive branch" (an offer of peace), "olive skin".

Examples

I like olives on my pizza. tree →
Cook the onions in olive oil. tree →
Olive trees can live for hundreds of years. tree →
She wore an olive-green coat. tree →
He held out an olive branch and said sorry. tree →
Green olives and black olives come from the same tree. tree →
They pronounced the olives good, and fresh that year. tree →

Note

Countable for fruits: two olives. Begins with a vowel sound: "an olive". Green olives are picked before they are ripe; black ones are riper. Olives are bitter straight from the tree and must be treated before eating.

In Jewish tradition

The olive was one of the good foods of the Land of Israel, and its oil was used for light, food, and anointing.

Interpretation. Olives are among the seven species praised for the Land of Israel. Tradition also sees the olive as a sign of peace, from the dove's olive leaf in Noah's story.

Examples

and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. (Torah EXO.30.24, JPS 1917) tree →
a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey; (Torah DEU.8.8, JPS 1917) tree →
Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olives shall drop off. (Torah DEU.28.40, JPS 1917) tree →
And in the Sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high. (Prophets 1KI.6.23, JPS 1917) tree →
So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, within a frame four-square; (Prophets 1KI.6.33, JPS 1917) tree →
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon. (Prophets HOS.14.7, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «olive» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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