menace

«menace» in Mova's school dictionary: a threat of harm or danger — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (menace, menaces); verb (menace, menaces, menaced, menacing)

meaning for a pupil

1) A menace is a threat of harm or danger. tree →

2) A menace is also a person or thing that is dangerous or annoying. tree →

3) (verb) To menace is to threaten someone with harm. tree →

sense in the lessons

a threat in a tale, often said by a villain or a monster before an attack

examples

• The wolf was a menace to the village. tree →
• He spoke with a menace in his voice. tree →
• The giant menaced the children with his club. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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