trespass
part of speech
verb (trespass, trespasses, trespassed, trespassing); noun (a trespass, trespasses)
meaning for a pupil
1) To go onto someone's land or into a building without permission. tree →
2) (Bible, church, old) A wrong or sin; to trespass means to do wrong. tree →
3) (formal) To trespass on someone's time or kindness means to take more than you should. tree →
sense in the lessons
A law, safety and Bible word. Signs say «No Trespassing» or «Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted». Railway lines, farms and building sites are dangerous; trespassing there can kill. In The Wind in the Willows the weasels and stoats trespass in Toad Hall and take it over. In the Lord's Prayer, said in many churches, Christians ask «forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us».
examples
- Don't trespass on the railway line — it's very dangerous. tree →
- The sign said: No trespassing. tree →
- The farmer caught boys trespassing in his field. tree →
- The weasels trespassed in Toad Hall. tree →
- «Forgive us our trespasses,» the congregation prayed. tree →
- I don't want to trespass on your kindness. tree →
- Trespassers will be prosecuted. tree →
note
Regular verb; noun «trespasser». In the Lord's Prayer some churches say «debts» or «sins» instead of «trespasses». «Trespass on» = enter without permission; «trespass against» (old) = do wrong to.
In the corpora
- Going into someone's garden without asking is rude and is trespassing.
- As a vulture he cometh against the house of the LORD; because they have transgressed My covenant, and trespassed against My law.
- O God, Thou knowest my folly; and my trespasses are not hid from Thee.
- A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth trespasseth not in judgment.
- And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass concerning the devoted thing.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «trespass» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.