[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/comfort/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) / comfort # comfort noun (comfort — uncountable; a comfort, comforts); verb (comfort, comforts, comforted, comforting) «comfort» 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. Comfort is a pleasant feeling of being relaxed, warm and free from pain or worry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfort/#m1) 2. To comfort someone means to make them feel less sad or scared. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfort/#m2) 3. A comfort is a person or thing that makes you feel better. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfort/#m3) 4. Comforts are things that make life easy and pleasant, like a warm bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfort/#m4) ### In the lessons In everyday life you comfort a friend who is upset with kind words or a hug. In stories comfort shows care between characters. In shops and homes, clothes and chairs are made for comfort. Phrases: «comfort someone», «take comfort in», «in comfort», «a comfort to», «comfort zone», «home comforts», «comfort food», «too close for comfort». ### Examples - I comforted my little brother when he fell over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfort/#x1) - The cat was a great comfort to Grandma. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfort/#x2) - These shoes are made for comfort, not speed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfort/#x3) - She took comfort in her friends' kind words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfort/#x4) - We sat in comfort by the fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfort/#x5) - Trying a new sport takes you out of your comfort zone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfort/#x6) - Soup is my favourite comfort food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfort/#x7) - The storm came too close for comfort. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfort/#x8) ### Note Verb is regular: comforted, comforting. Adjective «comfortable» (often said COMF-ta-ble). «Comfort» (help, ease) is not «comfit» (a sweet). Comforting someone does not mean making a problem disappear; it means showing you care. ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: Isaac was comforted for his mother. The tradition reads it as a model of comforting mourners, which Jewish law holds as a duty. Isaiah's "Comfort ye, my people" opens the seven readings of comfort after Tisha B'Av, promising God will console Israel. In the primary lessons: In everyday life you comfort a friend who is upset with kind words or a hug. In stories comfort shows care between characters. In shops and homes, clothes and chairs are made for comfort. Phrases: «comfort someone», «take comfort in», «in comfort», «a comfort to», «comfort zone», «home comforts», «comfort food», «too close for comfort». ### Examples - And Isaac was comforted for his mother. (Torah GEN.24.67, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x1) - Now therefore fear ye not; I will sustain you, and your little ones.' And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them. (Torah GEN.50.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x2) - And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. (Torah GEN.38.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x3) - How then comfort ye me in vain? (Writings JOB.21.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x4) - Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God. (Prophets ISA.40.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x5) - Thou wilt increase my greatness, and turn and comfort me. (Writings PSA.71.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x6) ### Note Verb is regular: comforted, comforting. Adjective «comfortable» (often said COMF-ta-ble). «Comfort» (help, ease) is not «comfit» (a sweet). Comforting someone does not mean making a problem disappear; it means showing you care. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «comfort» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comfort/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«comfort» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/comfort.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «comfort» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«comfort» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/comfort.html) on Mova free.