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# headband

noun (a headband, headbands)

«headband» 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 headband is a band of cloth, plastic or elastic worn around the head or over the hair to keep hair or sweat away from the face, or for decoration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headband/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, children wear headbands to hold hair back, in sports to soak up sweat, and in dress-up (bunny ears, crowns). In crafts, pupils make paper headbands with feathers, animal ears or crowns. Phrases: wear a headband, sweatband, a headband with ears.

### Examples

- She pushed her hair back with a blue headband. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headband/#x1)
- The tennis player wore a headband to stop sweat getting in his eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headband/#x2)
- We made paper headbands with rabbit ears for the play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headband/#x3)
- My headband has a little bow on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headband/#x4)
- Grandma knitted me a warm headband for winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headband/#x5)
- The runners all wore matching headbands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headband/#x6)

### Note

One word, countable: headbands. A headband that goes around the forehead for sport is also called a «sweatband». An «Alice band» (UK) is a stiff headband over the top of the head.

## In Jewish tradition

A cloth band the prophet wore over his eyes to disguise himself before the king.

**Interpretation.** Tradition notes that the prophet disguised himself to give King Ahab a message in a parable form, so that Ahab would judge himself.

### Examples

- So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes. (Prophets 1KI.20.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/headband/#x1)
- And he hastened, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. (Prophets 1KI.20.41, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/headband/#x2)

### Note

One word, countable: headbands. A headband that goes around the forehead for sport is also called a «sweatband». An «Alice band» (UK) is a stiff headband over the top of the head.

## On Mova

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