amuse

«amuse» in Mova's school dictionary: to make them laugh or smile — 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 (amuse, amuses, amused, amusing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To amuse someone is to make them laugh or smile. tree →

2) To amuse someone is to keep them busy and interested so they do not get bored. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life and stories: «amuse yourself», «keep the baby amused», «not amused» (annoyed). Adjective «amusing» (funny), noun «amusement» (amusement park, arcade).

examples

• The clown amused the children with silly tricks. tree →
• Her joke amused the whole class. tree →
• We amused ourselves with card games on the train. tree →
• The toys kept the baby amused for an hour. tree →
• The teacher was not amused when the frog jumped out. tree →
• Dad's funny voices always amuse me. tree →
• “Now let us see what we can do to amuse ourselves.” tree →

note

Regular verb. «Amused» = feeling something is funny; «amusing» = causing laughter. «Not amused» is a polite way to say «annoyed».

In the corpora

• It amuses you and it doesn't hurt me.

Trees and pragmatics

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