harass

«harass» in Mova's school dictionary: To keep annoying, upsetting, threatening or bothering… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (harass, harasses, harassed, harassing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To keep annoying, upsetting, threatening or bothering someone again and again. tree →

2) To make repeated small attacks on an enemy. tree →

sense in the lessons

A serious word in safety and citizenship lessons: harassing someone online or in person is bullying and can be against the law. Children should tell a trusted adult if someone harasses them. In history, soldiers harass an enemy army with small attacks.

examples

• It is wrong to harass people online. tree →
• The boys were told off for harassing the younger children. tree →
• Tell a teacher if anyone harasses you.. tree →
• Small groups of soldiers harassed the enemy's supply wagons. tree →
• She felt harassed by the constant phone calls. tree →

note

Spelling trap: one r, double s — harass (not «harrass»). Two pronunciations: HA-rus or ha-RASS. Noun: harassment. «Harassed» can also mean stressed and tired (a harassed mum).

In the corpora

• 'Harass the Midianites, and smite them;
• And in Thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that harass my soul; for I am Thy servant.
• Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf?

Trees and pragmatics

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