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# scalp

noun (a scalp, scalps); verb (scalp, scalps, scalped — to cut the scalp off; also to resell tickets, US)

«scalp» 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. The scalp is the skin on the top and back of your head, where your hair grows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scalp/#m1)
2. In old stories, a scalp was the hair and skin taken from a defeated enemy as a trophy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scalp/#m2)

### In the lessons

Health and hygiene: wash your hair to keep the scalp clean; head lice live on the scalp; dandruff is flakes of dry scalp skin; protect your scalp from sunburn with a hat. Science (the body): hair grows from roots in the scalp. Phrases: itchy scalp, dry scalp, scalp massage.

### Examples

- Head lice lay their eggs close to the scalp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scalp/#x1)
- My scalp feels itchy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scalp/#x2)
- Wear a hat so your scalp doesn't get sunburnt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scalp/#x3)
- Rub the shampoo into your scalp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scalp/#x4)
- Dandruff comes from a dry scalp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scalp/#x5)
- The hairdresser gave me a scalp massage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scalp/#x6)
- In the van, on all fours, is Great Big Little Panther, a brave of so many scalps that in his present position they somewhat impede his progress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scalp/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a scalp, scalps. «Scalp» is the skin, «hair» grows from it. Myth: washing hair does not stop head lice — lice like clean hair too; a special comb is used to remove them.

## In Jewish tradition

The skin and hair of the head. The psalm speaks of the "hairy scalp" of the wicked as a picture of proud enemies.

**Interpretation.** Commentators read the verse as God defeating the proud and stubborn who keep on in their guilt.

### Examples

- Surely God will smite through the head of His enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth about in his guiltiness. (Writings PSA.68.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scalp/#x1)

### Note

Countable: a scalp, scalps. «Scalp» is the skin, «hair» grows from it. Myth: washing hair does not stop head lice — lice like clean hair too; a special comb is used to remove them.

## On Mova

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