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# goad

«goad» in Mova's school dictionary: **a pointed stick used to drive animals on** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun; verb (goad, goads, goaded, goading)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) A goad is a pointed stick used to drive animals on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goad/#m1)

2) (verb) To goad is to push or prod someone to act, often by annoying or provoking them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goad/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a farm tool in old tales (a stick for driving oxen); in talk, to goad someone is to urge or provoke them into doing something

### examples

- The farmer used a goad to make the oxen move. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goad/#x1)
- Do not goad your brother; he will lose his temper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goad/#x2)
- Children of the yoke and goad, pack and harness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goad/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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