lavish

«lavish» in Mova's school dictionary: given in very large amounts, generous and more than… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (lavish, more lavish, most lavish); verb (lavishes, lavished, lavishing)

meaning for a pupil

1) Lavish means given in very large amounts, generous and more than enough: a lavish meal. tree →

2) To lavish is to give a great deal of something, such as love or praise, to someone. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a lavish hand gives or spends very freely; a lavish giver is never sparing; to lavish is to shower someone with gifts or affection

examples

• She gave lavish gifts to all her guests. tree →
• The queen lavished gold on her servants. tree →
• He was lavish with his praise. tree →
• They lavished love on their old dog. tree →
• Our teacher is not lavish with stickers. tree →

note

nothing for maths. Lavish describes generosity, not an exact number, so it gives no count.

Trees and pragmatics

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