murdered
part of speech
verb, past form of murder (murder, murders, murdered, murdering); adjective (the murdered man)
meaning for a pupil
1) Murdered means killed someone on purpose; it is a very serious crime. tree →
2) (informal) Murdered can mean did something very badly, as in «she murdered that song». tree →
3) (slang) «I could murder a cup of tea» means I want one very much; «murdered» in sport slang can mean beaten very badly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories, detective books and history lessons, a murdered person was killed by another on purpose; murder is the worst crime. In everyday talk «murdered» is often used as a joke about bad singing or a heavy defeat. In safety, real violence must be reported to the police. Phrases: was murdered, brutally murdered, murdered a song, got murdered (lost badly).
examples
- In the story, the old king was murdered by his brother. tree →
- The detective found out who murdered the butler. tree →
- The murdered man's dog led police to the house. tree →
- Dad murdered that song at karaoke! (informal) tree →
- We got murdered 8–0 on Saturday. (slang) tree →
- Macbeth murdered King Duncan in Shakespeare's play. tree →
- I could murder a sandwich. (informal) tree →
- Was not the knight Sir Bugge murdered by wicked people? tree →
note
Regular verb: murder, murdered. «Murder» means killing on purpose; «manslaughter» is killing without meaning to. The person who murders is a «murderer». The joking uses never mean real killing. In maths sports scores, «murdered 8–0» means won or lost by 8.
In the corpora
- "Whacked" is American gangster slang for murdered.
- "Sleeping with the fishes" is American gangster slang for murdered and dumped in water.
- "Sleep with the fishes" is US gangster slang for being murdered and dumped in water.
- Antisemitism is hatred of Jewish people; it led to the Holocaust, in which about six million Jews were murdered.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «murdered» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.