trounce

«trounce» in Mova's school dictionary: to beat them thoroughly, or to defeat them easily — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (trounces, trounced, trouncing)

meaning for a pupil

To trounce someone is to beat them thoroughly, or to defeat them easily. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a hero trounces a monster or an enemy by beating it soundly

examples

• Our team trounced them 9 to 0. tree →
• The hero trounced the troll. tree →
• Ivan trounced the beast with the broken bow. tree →

note

nothing for maths; in a score, 'trounce' means a big win, so the margin is the difference between the two scores.

Trees and pragmatics

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