wheedle

«wheedle» in Mova's school dictionary: to coax someone, with soft words or flattery, into doing… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (wheedles, wheedled, wheedling)

meaning for a pupil

1) To wheedle is to coax someone, with soft words or flattery, into doing what you want. tree →

2) To wheedle a secret out of someone is to get it from them by sweet talk. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a wife wheedles and flatters her husband to get her way

examples

• His wife wheedled him until he agreed. tree →
• She wheedled a treat out of her dad. tree →
• Don't wheedle; just ask me nicely. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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