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# earring

noun (an earring, earrings)

«earring» 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 earring is a piece of jewellery worn on the ear, usually through a small hole in the earlobe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, people wear earrings; some schools have rules about jewellery, and in PE earrings must be taken out or taped for safety. Phrases: a pair of earrings, wear earrings, clip-on earrings, studs.

### Examples

- She wore shiny gold earrings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/#x1)
- I got my ears pierced and wore my first earrings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/#x2)
- Take out your earrings before PE. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/#x3)
- Grandma gave me a pair of earrings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/#x4)
- One earring fell off at the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/#x5)
- Clip-on earrings don't need a hole in your ear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/#x6)
- The grocer’s wife was so terrified that she took her gold earrings out of her ears and put them in her pocket in order to save something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earring/#x7)

### Note

Countable: an earring; earrings usually come in a pair. Spelling: double r: ear + ring. Small earrings are often called studs; big round ones are hoops.

## In Jewish tradition

A piece of jewelry; Ezekiel lists it among the gifts God gave to Jerusalem, pictured as His bride.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads these gifts as the blessings God gave Israel.

### Examples

- And I put a ring upon thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head. (Prophets EZK.16.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/earring/#x1)

### Note

Countable: an earring; earrings usually come in a pair. Spelling: double r: ear + ring. Small earrings are often called studs; big round ones are hoops.

## On Mova

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