riot

«riot» in Mova's school dictionary: A violent, noisy disturbance by a crowd of people in a… — 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 riot, riots); verb (riot, riots, rioted, rioting)

meaning for a pupil

1) A violent, noisy disturbance by a crowd of people in a public place. tree →

2) Verb: to take part in such a disturbance. tree →

3) (informal) A very funny or fun person or event: The party was a riot. tree →

4) «A riot of colour»: a very bright mix of colours. tree →

5) «Run riot»: to behave wildly without control, or to grow wildly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and news a riot shows anger and breaking the law; police in riot gear try to stop it. In everyday talk «She's a riot!» means she is great fun. In gardens plants can «run riot». «Read the riot act» means to tell someone off strongly.

examples

• Police were called to stop the riot. tree →
• The fans rioted after the match. tree →
• Your birthday party was a riot! tree →
• The garden was a riot of colour in spring. tree →
• The children ran riot when the teacher left the room. tree →
• Mum read us the riot act about the mess. tree →

note

Adjective: riotous; person: rioter. Being near a riot is dangerous — move away and stay safe.

In the corpora

• When you hear them, translate them back: kill, prison, riot, propaganda, false.
• "Civil unrest" means riots and protests.
• "Disturbances" means riots (UK).
• Historians think the famous riots of people shouting "give us our eleven days" probably never happened.

Trees and pragmatics

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