//1. closest()
$(document).bind("click", function (e) {
 $(e.target).closest("li").toggleClass("hilight");
});

//2. children( [ selector ] )
Get the children of each element in the set of matched elements,
optionally filtered by a selector.

//3. find( selector )
$('li.item-ii').find('li').css('background-color', 'red');
$('li.item-ii').find('li') is equivalent to $('li', 'li.item-ii').
var newText = $("p").text().split(" ").join("</span> <span>");
 newText = "<span>" + newText + "</span>";
 $("p").html(newText).find('span').hover(
   function() { $(this).addClass("hilite"); },
   function() { $(this).removeClass("hilite");
  }).end()
   .find(":contains('t')")
   .css({"font-style":"italic","font-weight":"bolder"});

//4. next( [ selector ] )
$("button[disabled]").next().text("this button is disabled");
$("p").next(".selected").css("background", "yellow");
if($(this).parent().next().length == 0) {
  $('#news ul li:first-child').addClass('active');
} else {
  $(this).parent().next().addClass('active');
}
$("a.description").click(function(){
  $(this).nextAll(“p.hidden:first”).slideToggle();
});

//5. nextAll( [ selector ] )
Get all following siblings of each element in the set of
matched elements,optionally filtered by a selector.

//6. parent( [ selector ] )
$('li.item-a').parent().css('background-color', 'red');
$("*", document.body).each(function () {
 var parentTag = $(this).parent().get(0).tagName;
 $(this).prepend(document.createTextNode(parentTag + " > "));
});

//7. parents( [ selector ] )
$('li.item-a').parents().css('background-color', 'red');
var parentEls = $("b").parents().map(function () {
 return this.tagName;
}).get().join(", ");
$("b").append("<strong>" + parentEls + "</strong>");

//8. prev( [ selector ] )
$('li.third-item').prev().css('background-color', 'red');
var $curr = $("#start");
 $curr.css("background", "#f99");
 $("button").click(function () {
 $curr = $curr.prev();
 $("div").css("background", "");
 $curr.css("background", "#f99");
});
$("p").prev(".selected").css("background", "yellow");

//9. siblings( [ selector ] )
$('li.third-item').siblings().css('background-color', 'red');
var len = $(".hilite").siblings()
 .css("color", "red")
 .length;
$("b").text(len);

var myItems = $('x').find('Item label').filter(function() {
  return $(this).text() == 'some string';
}).siblings('web_url');

//10. prevUntil( [ selector ] )
Get all preceding siblings of each element up to but not
including the element matched by the selector.
$('#term-2').prevUntil('dt').css('background-color', 'red');