punish
/pan-ish/
vt.
1.
Def.: eglegpad; egdusa; egparusa
MS: eglegpad; egdusa; egparusa
If you punish someone, you do something painful or bad to them to teach them, because they did something bad.
The teacher punished me for arriving late.
Sem.Dom.: keyterms; GSL1551-1575
punishment
n-uc, n-ct.
Def.: peglegpad; pegdusa; pegparusa
MS: peglegpad; pegdusa; pegparusa
the action of punishing
n-ct.
Def.: legpad; dusa; parusa
MS: legpad; dusa; parusa
the painful or bad thing that someone does to you because of your bad action.
My punishment for being late was to pick up rubbish in the garden.
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Last updated: 18/Jan/2012