rob
part of speech
verb (rob, robs, robbed, robbing); noun (Rob — a short name for Robert)
meaning for a pupil
1) To rob means to take money or things from a person or place in a wrong way, often by force or threats. tree →
2) To rob someone of something means to take away something good they should have: "the injury robbed her of the win". tree →
3) (informal) "That's daylight robbery!" means the price is far too high. tree →
4) Rob is also a short name for Robert. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories robbers rob banks, trains and travellers, and the hero catches them. In safety lessons children learn to keep valuables safe and tell a grown-up if something is stolen. In sport talk, "we were robbed!" means "we lost unfairly". Phrases: rob a bank, rob someone of something, robbed blind, rob Peter to pay Paul, daylight robbery.
examples
- Two men robbed the bank and ran off. tree →
- The thief robbed the old man of his wallet. tree →
- Robin Hood robbed the rich to give to the poor. tree →
- The shop was robbed last night, so the police came. tree →
- A late goal robbed us of the cup. tree →
- Four pounds for a small juice? That's daylight robbery! tree →
- "We were robbed!" shouted the fans after the bad call. tree →
- Rob is my brother's best friend. tree →
- “I met thieves and they robbed me. tree →
note
Past form: robbed, with double b; -ing form: robbing. You rob a person or a place; you steal a thing: "they robbed the bank" but "they stole the money". Robber = the person, robbery = the crime. Do not confuse rob with "robe" (a long gown).
In the corpora
- This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
- Will a man rob God?
- Yet ye rob Me.
- But ye say: 'Wherein have we robbed Thee?' In tithes and heave-offerings.
- Ye are cursed with the curse, yet ye rob Me, even this whole nation.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «rob» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.