taunt

«taunt» in Mova's school dictionary: to say unkind things to hurt their feelings or to make… — 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

verb (taunt, taunts, taunted, taunting); noun (taunts)

meaning for a pupil

1) To taunt someone is to say unkind things to hurt their feelings or to make them angry. tree →

2) A taunt is a cruel remark said to tease or hurt someone. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fables a rival taunts another about a weakness, such as a lost race or a dull colour

examples

• The Peacock taunted the Crane about her plain feathers. tree →
• He shouted a taunt at the runner. tree →
• Don't rise to their taunts. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
• Whom hast thou taunted and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice?
• Whom hast thou taunted and blasphemed?
• This shall they have for their pride, because they have taunted and spoken boastfully against the people of the LORD of hosts.
• Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

Trees and pragmatics

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