banish

«banish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To send someone away from a country or place as a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (banish, banishes, banished, banishing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To send someone away from a country or place as a punishment and forbid them to come back. tree →

2) To get rid of something completely, such as a feeling or a thought. tree →

3) To order someone to leave a place, often as a joke. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and fairy tales kings banish traitors, and wizards banish evil spirits. In everyday life we «banish» boredom, worries or germs. Phrases: banish someone from, banish the thought, banished to his room.

examples

• The king banished the knight from the kingdom. tree →
• Napoleon was banished to the island of Elba. tree →
• A warm drink can banish the winter chills. tree →
• Mum banished the dog to the garden for stealing the sausages. tree →
• She tried to banish her fears before the test. tree →
• In the story the witch was banished forever. tree →
• "Banish that thought!" said the teacher with a smile. tree →
• The real Nightingale was banished from the kingdom. tree →

note

Regular verb: banished. The noun is «banishment». Similar: exile (formal, for countries), expel (from school or a group). «Banish» is stronger than just «send away»: it means you are not allowed back.

In the corpora

• Not 'banished to a cave'."

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «banish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.