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# arse

«arse» in Mova's school dictionary: **The bottom, the part of the body you sit on** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an arse, arses — rude, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand); verb (arse about/around — rude, UK)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (rude, UK) The bottom, the part of the body you sit on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#m1)

2) (rude, UK) A stupid or annoying person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#m2)

3) (rude, UK) Can't be arsed: too lazy or not interested enough to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#m3)

4) (rude, UK) Arse about or arse around: waste time being silly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

It is a swear word in British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand speech, ruder than bum and about as rude as the US «ass». It appears in real, rough talk in stories; at school use bottom or bum instead. Phrases: can't be arsed, pain in the arse, arse about.

### examples

- (rude) He fell flat on his arse on the ice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#x1)
- (rude) I can't be arsed to tidy my room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#x2)
- (rude) Stop arsing about and get on with it! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#x3)
- (rude) Don't be such an arse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#x4)
- (rude) That homework is a pain in the arse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#x5)
- The polite word is «bottom»: he fell on his bottom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/#x6)

### note

Rude: not for school or polite talk. US English uses ass. Polite words: bottom, behind; mild child words: bum (UK), butt (US), tush.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «arse» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arse/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.