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# menace

«menace» in Mova's school dictionary: **a threat of harm or danger** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (menace, menaces); verb (menace, menaces, menaced, menacing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A menace is a threat of harm or danger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menace/#m1)

2) A menace is also a person or thing that is dangerous or annoying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menace/#m2)

3) (verb) To menace is to threaten someone with harm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menace/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

a threat in a tale, often said by a villain or a monster before an attack

### examples

- The wolf was a menace to the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menace/#x1)
- He spoke with a menace in his voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menace/#x2)
- The giant menaced the children with his club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/menace/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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