Search Result:Ruth


KK Pronunciation

〔 ruθ 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ru:θ 〕


Overview of noun ruth

The noun ruth has 4 senses


  • Ruth, Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth, Sultan of Swat -- (United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948))

  • Ruth -- (the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament)

  • commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos -- (a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity")

  • Ruth, Book of Ruth -- (a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died)