damage
part of speech
noun (damage, uncountable); verb (damage, damages, damaged, damaging)
meaning for a pupil
1) Damage is harm done to something so that it is broken, spoiled or weaker. tree →
2) To damage something means to harm or break it. tree →
3) Damages (plural) is money a court tells someone to pay for harm they caused. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and geography damage is what storms, floods, earthquakes and fires do to buildings and land. In health lessons loud noise damages hearing, sun damages skin, and sugar damages teeth. In everyday life you say sorry and try to fix things if you damage someone's property. Phrases: cause damage, do damage, storm damage, brain damage, damage control.
examples
- The storm caused a lot of damage to the roof. tree →
- Loud music can damage your ears. tree →
- Too much sun can damage your skin. tree →
- He damaged his bike when he rode into the wall. tree →
- The flood damaged many houses. tree →
- Sugar damages your teeth if you don't brush. tree →
- Be careful with library books; don't damage them. tree →
- Did the hail do any damage to the car? tree →
- "Oh, it's quite dry and isn't damaged at all. tree →
note
As a noun «damage» is uncountable: «a lot of damage», not «damages» or «a damage». Things are damaged (harmed) or destroyed (completely ruined). Regular verb: damaged, damaging.
In the corpora
- A rental deposit is money held in case of damage, and it comes back if the home is left in good condition.
- A mural is a big planned painting on a wall; without permission painting on walls is damage, even at home.
- Mangrove roots break waves and hold the soil, and after the 2004 tsunami, places with mangroves often had less damage.
- Lilies are very poisonous to cats; even pollen licked off their fur can damage the kidneys.
- Grapes and raisins can damage dogs' kidneys, so dropped grapes should be picked up at once.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «damage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.