rancid

«rancid» in Mova's school dictionary: Smelling or tasting bad because it has gone off… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) Smelling or tasting bad because it has gone off, especially fat, oil, butter, nuts or milk: «rancid butter». tree →

2) (informal) Horrible or very unpleasant: «That joke was rancid.» tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and food lessons rancid fat shows food spoiling as fats react with air; in everyday life it tells you not to eat something; kids also use it as slang for «disgusting». Phrases: «go rancid», «turn rancid», «a rancid smell».

examples

• The butter had gone rancid in the heat. tree →
• Old cooking oil smells rancid. tree →
• Nuts can turn rancid if you keep them too long. tree →
• Throw that rancid milk away. tree →
• Ugh, your PE bag smells rancid! tree →
• Keep oil in a cool, dark place so it does not go rancid. tree →
• It consisted of watery soup, seasoned with pepper and rancid oil. tree →

note

Use «go/turn rancid». Science: fats go rancid when they react with oxygen in the air (oxidation) or with water and germs; cold, dark and airtight storage slows it. Eating rancid food can make you feel ill.

Trees and pragmatics

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