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# girl

noun (girl, girls)

«girl» 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

A girl is a female child or a young woman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girl/#m1)

### In the lessons

people counted in a class or group, often next to boys; girls + boys = children; phrases: «a little girl», «girls and boys», «schoolgirl», «the girls' team»

### Examples

- There are 16 girls and 14 boys in the class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girl/#x1)
- Each girl brought 2 pencils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girl/#x2)
- How many more girls than boys? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girl/#x3)
- The girls sold 40 tickets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girl/#x4)
- The girl in the red coat is my cousin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girl/#x5)
- My aunt has two girls and a boy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girl/#x6)
- The girls' team won the relay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girl/#x7)
- When Gran was a girl, there were no phones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girl/#x8)
- The little girl was called Karen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/girl/#x9)

### Note

Plural: girls. Possessive: girl's (one girl), girls' (many girls). A thing counted. Girls + boys = children. Trap: «how many more girls than boys» is a difference.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Joel and Zechariah mention girls in scenes of war and peace. Zechariah pictures a restored Jerusalem with children playing safely in the streets, a sign of peace. In the primary lessons: people counted in a class or group, often next to boys; girls + boys = children; phrases: «a little girl», «girls and boys», «schoolgirl», «the girls' team»

### Examples

- And the broad places of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the broad places thereof. (Prophets ZEC.8.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/girl/#x1)
- And they have cast lots for My people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk. (Prophets JOL.4.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/girl/#x2)

### Note

Plural: girls. Possessive: girl's (one girl), girls' (many girls). A thing counted. Girls + boys = children. Trap: «how many more girls than boys» is a difference.

## On Mova

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