frown
part of speech
verb (frown, frowns, frowned, frowning); noun (a frown, frowns)
meaning for a pupil
1) To frown is to bring your eyebrows together and wrinkle your forehead because you are cross, worried, puzzled or thinking hard. tree →
2) A frown is this look on your face. tree →
3) To frown on or upon something is to disapprove of it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here God says He will not look at Israel with an angry face. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as God's promise to accept those who return to Him in repentance. In the primary lessons: In stories a frown shows a character's feelings without words: anger, worry, confusion. In emotional-literacy lessons pupils read faces: a frown is the opposite of a smile. Phrases: «frown at», «frown on», «a deep frown», «turn that frown upside down».
examples
- Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; I will not frown upon you; for I am merciful, saith the LORD, I will not bear grudge for ever. (Prophets JER.3.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- The teacher frowned at the noisy class. tree →
- She frowned as she tried to solve the puzzle. tree →
- Why the frown? Are you all right? tree →
- Dad frowned when he saw the muddy floor. tree →
- Running in the corridor is frowned upon. tree →
- Turn that frown upside down! tree →
- He looked at the map with a puzzled frown. tree →
note
Regular verb. Rhymes with «brown». A frown is not always anger; it can mean thinking or worry, so look at the rest of the story.
In the corpora
- Suddenly the Queen stands in front of them, frowning like a thunderstorm: «either you or your head must be off».
- khlib means bread, often dark rye; it is respected, and grannies frown on dropping or throwing it.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «frown» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.