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# car

noun (car, cars)

«car» 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 car is a machine with four wheels and an engine that people drive on roads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#m1)
2. A car is one part of a train, like a dining car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#m2)
3. A car can be the part of a lift or a cable car that carries people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#m3)
4. (casual) Slang words for a car: «wheels», «ride», «motor» (UK), «ute» (Australia, NZ: a small truck), «banger» or «clunker» (an old car). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#m4)
5. (casual) «Carpool», «car share» mean going together in one car; «car boot sale» (UK) is a market sold from car boots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#m5)
6. (rude) «Get in the bloody car!» is everyday grumbling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#m6)
7. (formal) Exams and notices say «motor vehicle», «automobile» (USA), «passenger vehicle», «seating capacity» and «fuel consumption». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#m7)

### In the lessons

things counted (cars, wheels, seats), or a ride with distance, speed and gas; in safety lessons, seat belts and crossing roads; phrases «by car», «car park», «car seat», «get in the car», «electric car», «car boot», «car sick»; in casual talk «nice wheels», «my old banger», «can I get a ride?», «shotgun!» (I sit in the front); in rough talk «get in the bloody car, we're late»; in the exam voice «a motor vehicle with a seating capacity of 5», «fuel consumption per 100 kilometres»

### Examples

- There are 9 cars. How many wheels? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#x1)
- Each car holds 5 people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#x2)
- The car goes 60 miles an hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#x3)
- Always wear your seat belt in the car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#x4)
- We went to the beach by car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#x5)
- The train has 8 cars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#x6)
- Look both ways for cars before you cross. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#x7)
- Small children ride in a car seat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#x8)
- Shotgun! I'm in the front. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#x9)
- Get in the bloody car, we're late! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#x10)
- Dad's old banger broke down again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#x11)
- Each motor vehicle has a seating capacity of 5 persons. Determine the number of vehicles required to convey 23 persons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/car/#x12)

### Note

Cars have 4 wheels each; people ÷ seats per car, rounded up. Trap: a train car is one part of a train. Distance = speed × time. «motor vehicle» and «automobile» in an exam mean car; «seating capacity» is how many people fit. «wheels» in slang may mean a car, not 4 wheels. Safety: always buckle up, and never play near parked cars.

## In Jewish tradition

Here "cared for him" is the old verb for looking after; the word "car" appears only as part of "cared" or "caring". In Beth-car it is part of a place name.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads "apple of His eye" as God's tender protection of Israel in the wilderness.

### Examples

- He found him in a desert land, and in the waste, a howling wilderness; He compassed him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. (Torah DEU.32.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/car/#x1)
- And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car. (Prophets 1SA.7.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/car/#x2)
- When they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him: 'Come and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and become anxious concerning us.' (Prophets 1SA.9.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/car/#x3)

### Note

Cars have 4 wheels each; people ÷ seats per car, rounded up. Trap: a train car is one part of a train. Distance = speed × time. «motor vehicle» and «automobile» in an exam mean car; «seating capacity» is how many people fit. «wheels» in slang may mean a car, not 4 wheels. Safety: always buckle up, and never play near parked cars.

## On Mova

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