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# bullying

«bullying» in Mova's school dictionary: **when someone hurts, frightens or leaves out another…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (bullying — uncountable); verb, -ing form of bully (bully, bullies, bullied, bullying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Bullying is when someone hurts, frightens or leaves out another person on purpose, again and again, often because they think they are stronger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullying/#m1)

2) As part of the verb, bullying means treating someone like this now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullying/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school and feelings lessons, bullying can be physical (hitting, pushing), verbal (name-calling, teasing), social (leaving out, spreading rumours) or online (cyberbullying — mean messages or posts). What to do: tell a trusted adult, keep evidence of online bullying, stay with friends; bystanders can help by not joining in and reporting it. Bullying is never the victim's fault. A one-off argument between equals is not bullying.

### examples

- Bullying is never okay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullying/#x1)
- Tell a teacher if someone is bullying you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullying/#x2)
- Our school has a rule against bullying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullying/#x3)
- Leaving someone out on purpose can be bullying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullying/#x4)
- Cyberbullying happens online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullying/#x5)
- He stopped bullying after the teacher spoke to him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullying/#x6)
- If you see bullying, don't join in — get help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullying/#x7)
- It's not your fault if you are being bullied. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullying/#x8)

### note

Spelled with double l: bully, bullied, bullying. A «bully» is a person who bullies. Key idea: bullying is repeated and on purpose; that is how it differs from a single fight or joke. «Anti-bullying» means against bullying.

### In the corpora

- [Online cruelty drives real people off social media; memes mocking someone's looks are bullying, even when lots of people share them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/21/)
- [Making or sharing fake pictures of real people to mock them is bullying and can be against the law.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie/19/)
- [Editing someone's photo with AI without permission can be unkind and can be bullying; the edited picture is not the real person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/16-secrets-scams-telling/13/)
- ["gàozhuàngjīng" means tattletale; telling a grown-up about real danger or bullying is right, whatever anyone calls you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/23-friendly-teasing/12/)
- [Bullying can be physical, with words, by leaving someone out, or online.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/55-bullying/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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