Associations to the word «Ruth»
Noun
- Alice
- Moody
- Mantle
- Aunt
- Debra
- Jessie
- Outfielder
- Mickey
- Hale
- Ty
- Roberta
- Ellis
- Katharine
- Nicola
- Grover
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- Judd
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- Rbi
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- Fay
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- Leigh
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- Oz
- Fielder
- Diana
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- Pitching
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- Betty
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- Wexford
- Hannah
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- Morse
- Jonah
- Sawyer
- Laura
- Jed
- Margaret
- Pearce
- Dyson
- Maude
- Pinch
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- Susie
- Eleanor
- Earle
- Beatrice
- Frederic
- Gordon
- Actress
- Pitcher
- Claire
- Kathy
- Gertrude
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- Cunningham
- Alison
- Shapiro
- Fowler
- Jensen
- Starring
- Lockhart
- Fischer
- Meg
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- Lar
- Cummings
- Baroness
- Rebecca
- Batter
- Richardson
- Joan
- Patricia
- Curtiss
- Choreographer
- Audrey
- Dinah
- Greenberg
- Roach
- Louise
- Kellogg
- Edith
- Marri
- Sasha
- Phyllis
- Sylvester
- Ogden
- Linda
- Lorenzo
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Verb
Wiktionary
RUTH, noun. (archaic) Sorrow for the misery of another; pity, compassion; mercy. [from 13th c.]
RUTH, noun. (now rare) Repentance; regret; remorse. [from 13th c.]
RUTH, noun. (obsolete) Sorrow; misery; distress. [13th-17th c.]
RUTH, noun. (obsolete) Something which causes regret or sorrow; a pitiful sight. [13th-17th c.]
RUTH, proper noun. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
RUTH, proper noun. Ruth, the resident of Moab around whom the text centers.
RUTH, proper noun. A female given name.
Dictionary definition
RUTH, noun. United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948).
RUTH, noun. The great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
RUTH, noun. A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity".
RUTH, noun. 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.
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