womb
noun (a womb, wombs)
Everyday
- The womb is the organ inside a female mammal's body where a baby grows before it is born. tree →
- (figurative) A womb can be a safe, warm place where something starts and grows. tree →
- (poetic) A womb can be a dark place that swallows things up, like a grave. tree →
In the lessons
In science and health lessons about life cycles and human growth: a baby develops in its mother's womb for about nine months. The medical word is «uterus». In stories it can stand for a safe place.
Examples
- A baby grows in its mother's womb. tree →
- The kangaroo baby is born early and then grows in a pouch, not in the womb. tree →
- Doctors can see a baby in the womb with a scan. tree →
- Babies can hear sounds while in the womb. tree →
- Mammals grow their young in a womb. tree →
- The cosy cave felt like a womb to the lost hikers. tree →
- There firm and instant closed the greedy Womb, Where wide-born Thousands met a common Tomb. tree →
Note
The «b» is silent: said «woom». Plural: wombs. Medical word: uterus. Like «tomb» and «comb», the final «b» is not said.
In Jewish tradition
In the Torah, God "opening the womb" means giving a woman children. In Job the womb is also where people are formed, and a place from which even ice is said to come.
Interpretation. Tradition says God alone controls birth. Job's words, "did not One fashion us in the womb?", are read as saying that God made rich and poor alike.
Examples
- And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. (Torah GEN.30.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. (Torah GEN.25.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. (Torah GEN.29.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- Why died I not from the womb? (Writings JOB.3.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Out of whose womb came the ice? (Writings JOB.38.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- And did not One fashion us in the womb? (Writings JOB.31.15, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
The «b» is silent: said «woom». Plural: wombs. Medical word: uterus. Like «tomb» and «comb», the final «b» is not said.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «womb» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- Trees and pragmatics of «womb» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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