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# boss

noun (boss, bosses); verb (boss, bosses, bossed, bossing — boss around)

«boss» 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

1. A boss is the person in charge at work who tells others what to do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boss/#m1)
2. To boss someone around is to keep telling them what to do in an unkind way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boss/#m2)
3. In video games a boss is a very strong enemy at the end of a level. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boss/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life parents and adults have bosses at work. In manners and friendship lessons being bossy is a problem: good leaders ask and share. In games children fight the boss at the end of a level. Phrases: the boss, boss around, be your own boss, bossy.

### Examples

- My mum's boss gave her a day off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boss/#x1)
- Who's the boss here? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boss/#x2)
- Stop bossing me around! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boss/#x3)
- The boss of the shop opened the doors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boss/#x4)
- He wants to be his own boss one day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boss/#x5)
- I beat the final boss in the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boss/#x6)
- My sister is so bossy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boss/#x7)

### Note

Plural «bosses» (add -es after s). «Bossy» (adjective) means always telling others what to do — it is not a compliment. «Boss around» is informal. A boss is in charge; workers or staff work for the boss.

## In Jewish tradition

The raised, rounded knob in the middle of a shield. In Job, a wicked man charges at God behind the thick bosses of his shield.

**Interpretation.** Read as a picture of stubborn pride and defiance, using strength against God that cannot protect him.

### Examples

- He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers. (Writings JOB.15.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boss/#x1)

### Note

Plural «bosses» (add -es after s). «Bossy» (adjective) means always telling others what to do — it is not a compliment. «Boss around» is informal. A boss is in charge; workers or staff work for the boss.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «boss» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boss/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«boss» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/boss.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «boss» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boss/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«boss» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/boss.html) on Mova free.