laugh

«laugh» in Mova's school dictionary: To make sounds with your voice that show you think… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (laugh, laughs, laughed, laughing); noun (a laugh, laughs)

meaning for a pupil

1) To make sounds with your voice that show you think something is funny or you are happy. tree →

2) To make fun of someone: "Don't laugh at him." tree →

3) As a noun, the sound of laughing or something fun: "That was a good laugh." tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, laughing shows joy and helps friends feel close; laughing with someone is kind, laughing at someone can hurt. In stories, laughter shows humour or a happy mood. Phrases: laugh at, laugh out loud, burst out laughing, have a laugh, laughing stock.

examples

• The joke made me laugh. tree →
• We laughed until we cried. tree →
• Don't laugh at people when they make mistakes. tree →
• Her laugh is very loud. tree →
• The baby laughs when I tickle her. tree →
• We had a good laugh at the party. tree →
• They burst out laughing. tree →
• Laughing is good for you. tree →
• The king laughed loud and long. tree →

note

"gh" sounds like "f": "laf". Noun "laughter" (uncountable) means the sound of laughing. "Laugh with" is friendly, "laugh at" can be unkind.

In the corpora

• Grief gets gentler over months and years; playing and laughing during that time does not mean you have forgotten the person.
• Afterwards everyone goes to the pub, and some people even laugh while telling stories about Grandad.
• Children can notice it kindly, laugh about it together and sometimes help everyone keep the rules.
• Laughing kindly with someone who tripped is fine; laughing at them makes their embarrassment worse.
• What's all this tax?" Dad laughs and explains where the missing money went.

Trees and pragmatics

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