punish

«punish» in Mova's school dictionary: To make someone suffer or lose something because they did… — 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 (punish, punishes, punished, punishing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To make someone suffer or lose something because they did something wrong, so they learn not to do it again. tree →

2) To treat something roughly: «the hot sun punished the plants». tree →

sense in the lessons

In school and family life, rules have consequences: a detention, losing screen time. In law, judges punish crimes with fines or prison. In stories, villains are punished in the end. Phrases: «punish someone for», «be punished», «punishing heat».

examples

• The teacher punished us for being rude. tree →
• He was punished for cheating in the test. tree →
• My parents don't punish me if I tell the truth. tree →
• The thief was punished by the court. tree →
• In the story, the cruel king was punished. tree →
• It's not fair to punish the whole class for one person. tree →
• I could punish you now, but I’ll wait! tree →

note

Past: punished. Noun: punishment. «Punish someone for doing something». Hitting or hurting a child is not a fair punishment; if someone hurts you, tell a trusted adult.

In the corpora

• You are not being punished when the answer is "not this month".
• Copying rules get stricter as you get older, and universities can punish AI copying.
• A growl is a warning, not rudeness; a dog that is punished for growling may learn to bite without warning.
• Mole did not punish them: «they had had licking enough for one night».
• "Invited to see the head" means sent to the head teacher to be punished.

Trees and pragmatics

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