n.
1.United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
2.the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament
3.a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
4.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
Idiom of the Day
jump bail
to run away and fail to come to trial and therefore give up the money that you have already paid to the court
The man jumped bail and went to live in a foreign country.
