rage

«rage» in Mova's school dictionary: very strong anger that is hard to control — 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

noun (rage, rages — usually uncountable); verb (rage, rages, raged, raging)

meaning for a pupil

1) Rage is very strong anger that is hard to control. tree →

2) To rage means to be very angry and shout. tree →

3) To rage also means to go on with great force, like a storm, fire or illness. tree →

4) «All the rage» means very fashionable for a while. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories rage shows a character losing control: «in a rage», «flew into a rage». In well-being lessons children learn ways to calm rage: breathe slowly, count to ten, walk away, talk about feelings. In geography and science: storms, fires and seas rage. Phrases: in a rage, fly into a rage, road rage, raging storm, all the rage.

examples

• He flew into a rage when his tower was knocked down. tree →
• The storm raged all night. tree →
• When you feel rage, take deep breaths. tree →
• The forest fire raged for days. tree →
• These trainers are all the rage at school. tree →
• The giant roared with rage. tree →
• The grand duke flew into a rage. tree →

note

Mostly uncountable: «full of rage». Past: raged, -ing: raging (drop the e). Rage is stronger than «anger» or «annoyance». «Raging» can describe very strong things: a raging fever, a raging river.

In the corpora

• Rage-quitting feels good for one second and costs much more afterwards.
• Rage-quitting means leaving a match in anger before it ends.
• Walking away also means walking away from your own rage.
• He's raging (Scots for furious), then starts doing chores to earn a new one.
• But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against Me.

Trees and pragmatics

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