[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hat/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) / hat # hat noun (hat, hats) «hat» 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 hat is something you wear on your head, to keep warm, keep the sun off, or look smart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hat/#m1) 2. To wear a different hat means to have a different job or role. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hat/#m2) 3. «Hats off to» someone means well done to them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hat/#m3) ### In the lessons In maths: a thing counted, bought or made, often with a price; hats compared with children (enough or not). In everyday life and safety: wear a sun hat in summer and a warm hat in winter; «no hat, no play» is a sun-safety rule in Australian and New Zealand schools. In stories: a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat. Phrases: sun hat, top hat, party hat, wear a hat, take off your hat, hard hat, hats off to. ### Examples - Each hat costs $8. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hat/#x1) - She knitted 3 hats a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hat/#x2) - There are 25 hats and 20 children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hat/#x3) - 6 hats were sold in the morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hat/#x4) - Put on your sun hat before you go out to play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hat/#x5) - The magician pulled a rabbit out of his hat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hat/#x6) - We made paper party hats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hat/#x7) - The wind blew his hat into the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hat/#x8) - Builders wear hard hats to protect their heads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hat/#x9) - They all whipped off their hats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hat/#x10) ### Note Countable: a hat, hats. Homograph warning: «hat» rhymes with cat. Just the thing counted or priced; no clue to the operation. Trap: «25 hats and 20 children» may ask how many hats are left over (25 − 20). ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: Jewish tradition has men cover their heads as a sign of awe before God, though this is custom rather than Torah law. In the primary lessons: In maths: a thing counted, bought or made, often with a price; hats compared with children (enough or not). In everyday life and safety: wear a sun hat in summer and a warm hat in winter; «no hat, no play» is a sun-safety rule in Australian and New Zealand schools. In stories: a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat. Phrases: sun hat, top hat, party hat, wear a hat, take off your hat, hard hat, hats off to. ### Examples - And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him. (Torah GEN.27.41, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hat/#x1) - The archers have dealt bitterly with him, and shot at him, and hated him; (Torah GEN.49.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hat/#x2) - And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. (Torah GEN.29.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hat/#x3) - Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee. (Writings PSA.50.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hat/#x4) - And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; (Writings PRO.5.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hat/#x5) - in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. (Prophets 2SA.19.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hat/#x6) ### Note Countable: a hat, hats. Homograph warning: «hat» rhymes with cat. Just the thing counted or priced; no clue to the operation. Trap: «25 hats and 20 children» may ask how many hats are left over (25 − 20). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «hat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«hat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hat.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «hat» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«hat» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hat.html) on Mova free.