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# punish

«punish» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make someone suffer or lose something because they did…** — 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

verb (punish, punishes, punished, punishing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To make someone suffer or lose something because they did something wrong, so they learn not to do it again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punish/#m1)

2) To treat something roughly: «the hot sun punished the plants». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punish/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school and family life, rules have consequences: a detention, losing screen time. In law, judges punish crimes with fines or prison. In stories, villains are punished in the end. Phrases: «punish someone for», «be punished», «punishing heat».

### examples

- The teacher punished us for being rude. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punish/#x1)
- He was punished for cheating in the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punish/#x2)
- My parents don't punish me if I tell the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punish/#x3)
- The thief was punished by the court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punish/#x4)
- In the story, the cruel king was punished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punish/#x5)
- It's not fair to punish the whole class for one person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punish/#x6)
- I could punish you now, but I’ll wait! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punish/#x7)

### note

Past: punished. Noun: punishment. «Punish someone for doing something». Hitting or hurting a child is not a fair punishment; if someone hurts you, tell a trusted adult.

### In the corpora

- [You are not being punished when the answer is "not this month".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/7/)
- [Copying rules get stricter as you get older, and universities can punish AI copying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/18/)
- [A growl is a warning, not rudeness; a dog that is punished for growling may learn to bite without warning.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today/16/)
- [Mole did not punish them: «they had had licking enough for one night».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/33/)
- ["Invited to see the head" means sent to the head teacher to be punished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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