remedy

«remedy» in Mova's school dictionary: A medicine or treatment that cures or helps an illness — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a remedy, remedies); verb (remedy, remedies, remedied, remedying)

meaning for a pupil

1) A medicine or treatment that cures or helps an illness. tree →

2) A way to fix a problem. tree →

3) (verb, formal) To put right or fix: remedy the situation. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and health, home remedies like honey for a cough. In stories and history, herbal remedies. In formal language, «remedy the problem». Phrases: home remedy, herbal remedy, a remedy for.

examples

• Honey and lemon is a remedy for a sore throat. tree →
• Grandma has a remedy for everything. tree →
• There is no remedy for the common cold. tree →
• We need a remedy for the noise in class. tree →
• The school remedied the problem with new heaters. tree →
• Some old remedies don't really work. tree →
• Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease. tree →

note

Plural: remedies; past: remedied (y to i). Safety: some «natural remedies» are myths and can be harmful; ask a doctor.

In the corpora

• Tu Youyou used one: she tested an old Chinese remedy and found a malaria medicine that won a Nobel Prize.
• Natural does not mean safe: some herbal remedies can harm, or interact with other medicines.
• Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
• He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck shall suddenly be broken, and that without remedy.

Trees and pragmatics

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