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# coaxing

«coaxing» in Mova's school dictionary: **Gently persuading someone to do something by being kind…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (coaxing – uncountable); adjective (coaxing); verb form (of «coax»: coax, coaxes, coaxed, coaxing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Gently persuading someone to do something by being kind, patient and pleasant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coaxing/#m1)

2) (adjective) Gentle and persuading: «a coaxing voice». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coaxing/#m2)

3) Getting something to work or move by careful, gentle handling: «coaxing a fire to light». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coaxing/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, characters coax shy animals out of hiding, or coax a friend to come along; the Rat coaxes the homesick Mole and the Badger coaxes Toad to give up cars. In everyday life: coaxing a cat out from under the bed with treats. Phrases: «with a bit of coaxing», «coax someone into/out of».

### examples

- After a lot of coaxing, the kitten came out from under the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coaxing/#x1)
- She spoke in a coaxing voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coaxing/#x2)
- The Rat was coaxing the Mole to tell his trouble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coaxing/#x3)
- It took some coaxing to get my brother into the cold sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coaxing/#x4)
- Dad was coaxing the old car to start. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coaxing/#x5)
- With gentle coaxing, the shy pupil read her poem aloud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coaxing/#x6)
- The Mouse did not need much coaxing, for he was very anxious to see the world and everything in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coaxing/#x7)

### note

Said «KOH-ksing». «Coax» rhymes with «hoax». Coaxing is gentle; forcing or bullying is not coaxing.

### Trees and pragmatics

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