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101 Г-409
МЕТАТЬ ГРОМЫ И МОЛНИИ (ГРОМЫ-молнии, ГРОМ И МОЛНИЮ, ГРОМЫ) (на кого) coll VP subj: human fixed WO( usu. of a person in authority) to upbraid s.o. angrily, indignantly, usu. threatening to punish him severelyX мечет громы и молнии - X is ranting and ravingX is raging and fuming.Подрезов не стал метать громы и молнии - видно, отметал ещё у себя на бюро (Абрамов 1). Podrezov did not rant and rave, obviously he had finished with that at the Bureau meeting (1a).(author's usage)...Поскольку весь командный состав батальона... именно тем, в основном, и занимался, что вылавливал курсантов, ходящих вне строя, не удивительно, что и я время от времени попадался. И тогда на мою голову метались громы и молнии (Войнович 5). ( context transl)...Since the main concern of the battalion's entire staff of commanding officers... was the nabbing of cadets out of formation, it's not surprising that I did get caught once in a while. And when I did, thunder and lightning would come crashing down on my head (5a). -
102 Д-6
ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ПРИКУРИТЬ (ПИТЬ) кому highly coll VP usu. pfv fixed WO1. (subj: human to scold s.o. severely, punish s.o.: X дал Y-y прикурить = X let Y have it (with both barrels)X gave Y the business (what for) X gave it to Y (but good) X showed Y whart what X gave Y hell Y caught hell (from X)....Своему начальнику лесопункта он тоже сумеет ответить. Кубики тебе даём? Даем... И завтра он еще даст кое-кому прикурить (Абрамов 1)....He had an answer ready for his logging boss too: I produce the goods, don't I?.And tomorrow he would show certain people what's what (1a).2. (subj: human ( usu. pi) or collect) to overwhelm, defeat s.o. ( usu. a hostile army, the enemy): Х-ы дали Y-ам прикурить = Xs crushed (clobbered, creamed) YsXs gave Ys a licking Xs beat the pants off Ys. -
103 Д-19
Я ТЕБЕ (те substand, вами т. п.) ДАМ (ЗАДАМ, ПОКАЖУ)! Я ТЕБЕ! all coll (sent usu. 1st or 3rd pers fut only fixed WOused to express a threat to punish or a threatening reproach (sometimes the interlocutor's last word or remark is repeated): I'll teach (show) you (him etc)!I'll give it to you (him etc)! (when part of the interlocutor's statement is repeated only) don't even think about...!don't you dare...! "А ты, Захарка, пострелёнок, куда опять бежишь? — кричал потом (барин). - Вот я тебе дам бегать!.. Пошёл назад, в прихожую!» (Гончаров 1). "And you, Zakharka, where are you running off to, you little scamp?" he (the master) shouted. "I'll teach you to run!...Back to the hall with you!" (1b).«Мне, Гришка, обидно...» - «Ну?» - «Да как же, - Митька длинно ругнулся, - он не он, сотник, так и задаётся... Я ему покажу!» (Шолохов 2). "It riles me, Grishka." "What does?" "Well, look!" Mitka swore at great length. The way he shows off just because he's a lieutenant....I'll show him!" (2a).Ростов злобно оглянулся на Ильина и, не отвечая ему, быстрыми шагами направился к деревне. «Я им покажу, я им задам, разбойникам!» - говорил он про себя (Толстой 6). Rostov gave Ilyin a wrathful look, and without replying, strode in the direction of the village. "I'll show them! I'll give it to them, those ruffians!" he said to himself (6a). -
104 Д-101
ЗА ДЁЛО(!)2 наказать, наградить, посадить (в тюрьму) и т. п. PrepP Invar adv(to punish, reward, imprison etc s.o.) deservedly, in correspondence with s.o. 's deeds: (and) rightly sos.o. deserves (has earned) sth. (it) for good reason for a (good) reason with good reason (cause) for what s.o. did for cause(in limited contexts) there is a real case against s.o. (Фира:) Слушай, мы узнали - завтра день рождения Анны Сергеевны. (Олег:) Физички? (Фира:) Да, ей исполняется семьдесят лет... Надо срочно в стенгазету вклеить стихи -напиши. (Олег:) Ей? Ни за что! Она мне тройку... закатила. (Фира:) Так за дело!.. Ты же ничего не знал (Розов 2). (Е:) We've just heard that tomorrow is Anna Sergeyevna's birthday. (O.:) The physics teacher? (E:) \fes, she'll be seventy....We must have some verses for the wall newspaper. We'll stick them in somehow. Write something. IO.:) To her? Never! She's...given me a "fair." IF:) But you deserved it!... You didn't know a thing (2a).Он гордился тем, что, в отличие от массы политических заключённых, сидел за дело: написал статью под заголовком «Государство Ленина-Сталина» и давал её читать студентам (Гроссман 2). Не was proud of the fact that, unlike the majority of the political prisoners, he was there (in the camp) for a reason: he had written an article entitled "The State of Lenin and Stalin" and distributed it to his students (2a).Я именно заслуженно пострадал... Словечко-то какое! Заслуженно! Меня посадили за дело» (Битов 2). "I suffered deservedly. What a word! De-serv-edly! They put me away for what I did" (2a).«Случалось, (принц Ольденбургский) поваров палкой бивал, но всегда за дело» (Искандер 3). "Sometimes he (Prince Oldenburgsky) used to beat the cooks with his cane, but always for cause" (3a).Имейте в виду, в ссылке ни один человек не скажет вам правды: кто сидит за дело - делает вид, что сидит ни за что...» (Рыбаков 2). "Remember this: nobody in exile ever tells the truth-if someone's here because there was a real case against him, he makes out he's here for nothing..." (2a). -
105 Д-146
ПО ДЕЛУ наказывать, ругать, критиковать кого coll PrepP Invar adv(to punish, berate, criticize s.o.) deservedlyfor a (good) reasonfor good reason with good reason (cause) (the punishment (the criticism etc) is) well-deserved.Вконец раздобревший хозяин кинулся было в магазин за добавкой, но гость решительно перевернул свой стакан вверх дном: «Я... пас». - «Что так?» - «Папашка не любит, когда посреди работы». - «Строг?» - «Да как сказать. Строг не строг, а порядок любит. Если и осадит, так по делу» (Максимов 3). Completely mellowed by now, he wanted to run to the shop for fresh supplies, but his guest resolutely turned his glass upside down. "I pass...." "How's that?" "The old man doesn't like it in the middle of a job." "So he's strict?" "I don't know if I'd say that. He isn't exactly strict, but he likes things to be proper. If he takes you down a peg, it's always for a good reason" (3a). -
106 Д-184
ЗАДАВАТЬ/ЗАДАТЬ (ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ) ДЁРУ2 кому substand VP subj: human1. to punish s.o. by hitting him with a rod or strapX задал Y-y дёру = X gave Y a (good) whipping (beating, thrashing)X tanned Y's hide X took a stick to Y.2. to scold s.o. severely, rebuke s.o. harshlyX задал Y-y дёру - X gave Y a (good) tongue-lashingX gave Y a piece of X's mind X told Y off X told Y a thing or two. -
107 Д-314
ДРУЖБА ДРУЖБОЙ, А СЛУЖБА СЛУЖБОЙ (saying) friendly relations should not influence or interfere with official or business relations: = business and friendship (pleasure) don't mix never mix business and (with) pleasure.(Кушак:) Они (ваш муж и Зилов) допустили серьезную ошибку в работе. Я бы сказал - непростительную ошибку. (Валерия:) Вот как?.. Так взгрейте их как следует!.. Мужа я прошу наказать со всей строгостью... Каждому - по заслугам... Дружба дружбой, а служба... (Вампилов 5). (К.:) They've (your husband and Zilov have) committed a serious error in their work. An unforgivable error, in my opinion. (V.:) Have they now?...Then give them everything they deserve! Kindly punish my husband with all the severity of the law...They should both get their just desserts....Business and friendship don't mix... (5a). -
108 З-75
ПО ЗАСЛУГАМ (воздать кому, выдать кому coll, получить) PrepP Invar usu. adv(to reward or punish s.o.) according to what he deserves, (to be rewarded or punished) according to what one deserves: (in refer, to rewarding s.o.) X-y воздадут \З-75 - X will be given (due) creditX will be given his due (his just reward)(in refer, to punishment) X получил (X-y выдали) - - X got (received) his just desertsX got what he deserved (what was coming to him) X got what he asked for.(Кушак:) Смотрите, Валерия. Если вы думаете, что теперь им всё сойдет с рук, - вы ошибаетесь. (Валерия:) Еще бы. Каждому - по заслугам (Вампилов 5). (К.:) Look here, Vale-riya. If you think they're going to get off scot free now, you're mistaken. (V.:) Of course. To each his just deserts (5b).У папы прекрасное настроение, вчера у него было тяжёлое заседание, он говорит, что дьявольски устал, но зато все получили по заслугам (Соколов I). Papa is in a splendid mood, yesterday he had a difficult meeting, he said that he was devilishly tired, but then everybody got what they deserved (1a)....B ваших руках - моя судьба, и вы снисходительны к ней, может быть не по заслугам» (Федин 1). ( context transl) "My fate is in your hands and perhaps I don't deserve your indulgence" (1a). -
109 И-33
ПРОПИСАТЬ ИЖИЦУ кому lit, occas. humor VP subj: human to scold, punish, deal with s.o. (sometimes with one's enemies) severely (often used as a threat)X пропишет Y-y ижицу = X will teach Y a (good) lessonX will teach Y a lesson Y won't forget. -
110 К-78
ДЕРЖИ КАРМАН (ШИРЕ) highly coll (imper sent these forms only fixed WO(used in refer, to false expectations, calculations etc) do not hope for or count on sth., it is not or will not be sonot a chancedon't bet on it don't hold your breath (therefe) no way (in hell) like (the) hell I (he etc) will (am etc) fat chance! I wouldn't be too (so) sure.«Только и подходит ко мне самый этот молодец: „Слепа, бабушка?.. А отчего, мол, ты слепа?" - „От бога, говорю, ваше высокое благородие". - „Какой тут бог, от воспы (nongrammat = оспы), чай?" - это он-то все говорит. „А воспа-то, говорю, от кого же?" - „Ну да, от бога, держи карман! Вы, говорит, в сырости да в нечистоте всю жизнь копаетесь, а бог виноват!"» (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). "Just then this same fellow comes up to me. 'Blind, grandma?...And what made you blind?' says he. 'God, Your Worship,' says I. 'What's God got to do with it! It was the smallpox, probably?' That's what he keeps saying. 'And who,' I say, 'sent the smallpox?' 'God?' he says, 'not a chance! You people root around in dampness and dirt all your lives, and God's to blame!'" (1a).(Лорд:) Ну, вот что. Коротко. Нам сейчас нужно отплывать в Европу. Пойми, король, что у тебя был жулик. (Сизи:) Ах, ах! Дух Вайдуа его накажет. (Гаттерас:) Конечно, держи карман шире (Булгаков 1). (L.:) Well, here's what we'll do. In brief. We have to sail back to Europe right now. Please understand, King, that you had a swindler here. (S.:) Oh! Oh! The spirit of Vaydua will punish him! (H.:) Don't hold your breath (1a).Пищик:) Отдам, милая... Сумма пустяшная... (Любовь Андреевна:) Ну, хорошо, Леонид даст... Ты дай, Леонид. (Гаев:) Дам я ему, держи карман (Чехов 2). (Р:) 1*11 pay you back, dear lady. Such a trifling sum. (L.A.:) Oh, all right. Leonid will let you have it. Let him have it, Leonid. (G.:) Let him have it? The hell I will (2b). -
111 К-103
НА ВСЮ (ПОЛНУЮ) КАТУШКУ highly coll PrepP these forms only adv (intensif) fixed WO1. (one does sth. or, less often, sth. is operating) to one's or its full capacity, to the fullest extent possibleto the fullestto the max giving it all (everything) one's got giving it one's best shot going (the) whole hog with might and main (in refer, to volume or capacity) (at) full blastжить - - make the most of one's lifelive life to the fullestвеселиться (праздновать) \К-103 \К-103 live (whoop) it uphave the time of onefe life (in limited contexts) have a big bash (of a party) be in full swingвлюбиться \К-103 = be (fall) head over heels in lovefall for s.o. hook, line, and sinkerвысказаться - - hold nothing backleave nothing unsaid.Он мог опять привести ее к себе, в свою комнату....Но сдерживала примитивная мужская осторожность. Возобновить отношения - да. Но не на полную катушку (Рыбаков 2). ( context transl) He'd be able to take her to his room again....But he was restrained by a primitive male cautiousness. They would rekindle their affair, fine, but this time he wasn't going to get in too deep (2a).2. наказать кого, взыскать с кого, влетело, досталось кому - и т. п. (to punish s.o., s.o. is punished etc) extremely severely: X-a наказали (X-y влетело) \К-103 - X got (they gave X) the full treatment (the works)X got it (they gave it to X) (but) good they went hard on X X was shown (they showed X) no mercy they threw the book at X.«Воровал мой оголец, как ни попадя ( ungrammat = всё, что попадётся). Я тряпьё на базар таскала. Сколько верёвочке ни виться... Он подельников выгораживал, всё на себя взял, ему на всю катушку...» (Максимов 3). "Не stole everything he could lay his hands on, this man of mine. I used to take it all down to the market to sell. It caught up with us in the end....He wouldn't squeal on his mates, he took all the blame, so they gave him the full treatment.." (3a). -
112 К-392
ЖАЖДАТЬ КРОВИ coll VP subj: human or collect) to strive to cause trouble for s.o., seek to punish or take revenge on s.o.: X жаждет крови - X is out for blood X is after person Y's scalp X is out to get person Y X is bloodthirsty. -
113 Л-88
СТЕРЕТЬ (СМЕСТЙ, СНЕСТИ) С ЛИЦА ЗЕМЛИ VP subj: human or collect the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO1. - что to annihilate, destroy sth. completely, so that nothing is left of it: Х-ы стёрли Y с лица земли - Xs wiped Y offXs wiped Y off the map Xs razed Y to the ground Xs blotted Yout.Это было маленькое и короткое по времени гетто. О нем не сохранилось письменных свидетельств, оно не фигурирует в официальных документах, просто оно было стерто с лица земли (Рыбаков 1). It (the ghetto) was a little one, and it was shortlived. No written accounts of it have survived, it doesn't figure in official documents, it was simply wiped off the face of the earth (1a)...Ратабон явился с великолепным и полностью разработанным проектом перестройки Лувра, причем для успешного хода этой работы было необходимо снести с лица земли не только Малый Бурбон, но и прилегающую к нему церковь Сен-Жермен д'Оксерруа. Пол закачался под ногами у Мольера. «Значит, мы без предупреждения остаемся на улице?» - спросил Мольер (Булгаков 5)....Ratabon had come with a magnificent and fully detailed plan for the rebuilding of the Louvre, which required not only that the Petit Bourbon, but also the church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois which adjoined it, be razed to the ground. The floor rocked under Moliere's feet. "So we're being thrown out into the street without warning?" he asked (5a).2. - кого to kill s.o. or exterminate some group of peopleX сотрёт Y-a с лица земли = X will wipe Y off the face of the earthX will do away with Y X will rub out Y.Газеты были полны сообщениями о вредителях, саботажниках, уклонистах. «...Беспощадно карать!.. Стереть с лица земли!» (Рыбаков 2). The newspapers were full of attacks on wreckers and saboteurs and deviationists. "...Punish them mercilessly!... Wipe them off the face of the earth!" (2a)....Казённые крестьяне сельца Вшивая-спесь... снесли с лица земли будто бы земскую полицию в лице заседателя, какого-то Дробяж-кина... (Гоголь 3). The crown serfs of the hamlet of Vshivaya Spes' I "Lousy Pride")... seemed to have done away with the local policemen in the person of a certain Drobiashkin, an assessor by rank... (3c). -
114 М-54
ПОКАЗАТЬ КУЗЬКИНУ MАТЬ кому highly coll VP subj: human most often 1st pers, fut or subjunctive (used as a threat) the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WOto punish s.o. harshlyX покажет Y-y кузькину мать = X will fix Y's wagonX will make it (things) hot for Y X will show Y who's boss.«Эх, - дед даже застонал во тьме, - мне бы на такую-то гору взобраться (, как Сталин), я бы показал кой-кому кузькину мать!» (Максимов 2). "Ah"-here the old man actually groaned in the darkness — "now if I'd gotten to the top of the heap the way Stalin has, I'd show a few people who's boss" (2a) -
115 Н-238
ЩЁЛКАТЬ/ЩЁЛКНУТЬ (ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ, СТУКАТЬ/СТУКНУТЬ) ПО НОСУ кого coll УДАРИТЬ/УДАРИТЬ ПО НОСУ obs VP subj: human or жизнь usu. pfv) to reprimand or punish s.o. in such a way as to embarrass him, humble him, remind him of his inferior position, and/or ensure that he does not act similarly againX щёлкнул Y-a по носу - X snapped his fingers in Yb faceX cut Y down to size X rapped Y on the knuckles (in limited contexts) X pulled (knocked) Y off Y's high horse.(Шпигельский:) Как я ни ломаюсь перед господами... по носу меня ещё никто не щёлкнул (Тургенев 1). (Sh.:) No matter how funny I appear in the presence of other people...no one ever dares to snap his fingers in my face (le).«Господа! — сказал он, -...Печорина надо проучить! Эти петербургские слётки всегда зазнаются, пока их не ударишь по носу!» (Лермонтов 1). "Gentlemen!" he said. "...Pechorin must be taught a lesson. These Petersburg whipper-snappers get uppish until they're rapped on the knuckles" (1b). -
116 О-99
НА ОРЕХИ достанется, попадёт, будет кому (от кого), задать кому coll НА КАЛАЧИ obs PrepP these forms only adv( s.o. will be scolded, punished, or to scold, punish s.o.) severely ( occas. used in refer, to driving an opponent hard or being driven hard in a military conflict, athletic competition etc)X-y достанется на орехи (от Y-a) ( Y задаст X-y на орехи) - X will (really) get itX will be in for it X will catch hell (for sth.) X will take (get) his lumps Y will make it hot for X Y will give X what for (a going-over, a good dressing-down)Y will let X have it (with both barrels). "Я тоже шепотом: „Любовник, что ли, скребется?" - „Какой любовник? Реваз, кажется, раньше времени из поездки вернулся. Будет теперь мне на орехи - замучил старик проверками"» (Чернёнок 2). "I whisper back, 'Is that your lover scratching at the door?' 'What lover? I think Revaz is back from his trip earlier than planned. 1*11 really get it now—the old man is exhausting me with his suspicions'" (2a).(Лебедев:) Только смотри и виду не подавай, что у меня занял (деньги), храни тебя бог! А то достанется мне на орехи от кружовенного варенья! (Чехов 4). (L.:) Only mind you don't let on that you borrowed it (the money) from me -God help you-or Madame Gooseberry-Jam will make it hot for me! (4a).Иванов:) He знает об этом Дарвин, а то бы он задал вам на орехи! (Чехов 4). (I..) It's a good job Darwin doesn't know, or he'd give you what for (4b). -
117 О-115
ДО ОСНОВАНИЯ разрушить что, истребить, потрясти кого-что и т. п. PrepP Invar adv(to destroy some group of people, some phenomenon etc) completely, (to shock s.o.) profoundly etc: разрушить (истребить) \О-115 = totally (utterly) destroy (ruin, annihilate) s.o. sth.wipe out s.o. sth. (in limited contexts) raze (level) sth. (to the ground) destroy sth. to its (the) rootsпотрясти - - shake sth. to its foundationsshake s.o. badly.В обществе, в котором сильно развито религиозно-нравственное сознание, проповедник атеизма выступает как... враг мракобесия... Это - одно. И иное дело - общество, в котором до основания разрушено религиозно-нравственное сознание... (Зиновьев 2). In a society with a highly developed religious and moral conscience, the preacher of atheism can pass for...an enemy of obscurantism. That is one thing. Quite another is a society in which the religious and moral conscience has been totally destroyed... (2a)....Ошибка (Ивана) Грозного была не в том, что он казнил бояр, а в том, что мало казнил, не истребил четыре главных боярских рода до самого основания (Рыбаков 2)____Ivan's mistake was not that he punished them (the nobles), but that he didn't punish them enough, he did not destroy the four main noble clans right down to their roots (2a).Внутренняя борьба сотрясёт Россию до основания! (Солженицын 5). Internal struggles will shake Russia to its foundations (5a). -
118 П-352
КТО ПОПАЛО coll КТО НИ ПОПАЛО obs, substand КТО ПРИДЁТСЯ NP fixed WOany person, not one specifically or carefully chosen (when said critically, expresses the speaker's opinion that not selecting carefully is negligent, unacceptable etc): whoever (happens to be available (happens to be there etc))who(m)ever ( s.o. sees first ( s.o. can find etc)) anyone (anybody) ( s.o. can find (who happens to be there etc)) it doesn't matter (who) (in limited contexts) anyone and everyone (ask (punish etc) people) at random ( usu. when said critically) just anyone (anybody) God knows who.«Как же так? - спросила Вика. - Ты пришла с нами, а танцуешь с кем попало» (Рыбаков 2). MWhat are you doing?" Vika asked. "You came here with us, but you're dancing with anyone who asks you" (2a).«...Народ какой-то пошел слабонервный. И чего они нас (КГБ) боятся? Мы же кого попало не хватаем, а только по ордеру» (Войнович 2). "People's nerves are starting to go. Why are they so afraid of us (the KGB)? We just don't grab anybody we bump into, there's got to be a warrant" (2a).... Мне это отделение известно! Там кому попало выдают паспорта!» (Булгаков 9). "I know this department-they issue passports to anyone and everyone" (9a).Террор в том и заключается, что берут кого попало для острастки оставленных на воле (Мандельштам 2). The whole point of terror is that people are arrested at random in order to instill fear into everybody else (2a). -
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ТЫ (онит.п.) У МЕНЯ ПОПЛЯШЕШЬ (-ети т. п.) coll VP subj. fut only usu. this WO (used as a threat) I will punish you (him etc), make things difficult for you (him etc)X у меня попляшет — I'll give X what forI'll give it to X (good) X'll get (catch) it from me I'll teach X a lesson he'll never forget I'll get X for it (this, that).Не могу даже описать, что дальше было с Ефимом. Он вскакивал, бегал по комнате, размахивал руками, бормотал что-то вроде того, что кто-то у него теперь попляшет... (Войнович 6). It's difficult to describe what happened next. Yefim kept jumping up, running around the room and waving his arms, and muttering something to the effect that now he would give that so-and-so what for (6a). -
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ПО ПРАВУ' PrepP Invar advjustifiably, deservedlyby right(s)rightly rightfully (have) every right (to do sth.) legitimately.Они хотят только привилегий, которые, как они думают, принадлежат им по праву (Зиновьев 1). "They want only the privileges which they believe are theirs by right" (1a)....Мои крупицы (слова и выражения из моих рукописей), даже в искаженном виде, помогли ему быстро сделать блистательную карьеру, и теперь без зазрения совести он потреблял плоды славы, которые по праву принадлежали мне одному (Терц 4)... The crumbs from my table (words and expressions from my manuscripts), even in distorted form, had helped him rapidly to achieve a brilliant career, and now, without any qualms of conscience, he was consuming the fruits of glory which by rights belonged to me alone (4a).Кязым по праву считался одним из самых умных людей Чегема (Искандер 5). Kyazym was rightly considered to be one of the smartest men in Chegem (5a).Умел Александр Иванович держаться достаточно твёрдо, знал, когда казнить, а когда миловать, и мог по праву этим гордиться (Ерофеев 3). Alexander Ivanovich knew the fine art of keeping to a steady course, he knew when to punish and when to forgive and had every right to be proud of this knowledge (3a).
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Punish — Pun ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Punished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Punishing}.] [OE. punischen, F. punir, from L. punire, punitum, akin to poena punishment, penalty. See {Pain}, and { ish}.] 1. To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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punish — ► VERB 1) impose a penalty on (someone) for an offence. 2) impose a penalty on someone for (an offence). 3) treat harshly or unfairly. DERIVATIVES punishable adjective. ORIGIN Latin punire, from poena penalty … English terms dictionary
punish — pun|ish [ˈpʌnıʃ] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: punir, from Latin punire, from poena; PAIN1] 1.) to make someone suffer because they have done something wrong or broken the law →↑punishment, punitive ↑punitive ▪ Smacking is not an… … Dictionary of contemporary English
punish — [[t]pʌ̱nɪʃ[/t]] punishes, punishing, punished 1) VERB To punish someone means to make them suffer in some way because they have done something wrong. [V n] I don t believe that George ever had to punish the children... [V n] According to present… … English dictionary
punish — punisher, n. /pun ish/, v.t. 1. to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal. 2. to inflict a penalty for (an offense, fault, etc.): to punish theft. 3. to handle … Universalium
punish */*/ — UK [ˈpʌnɪʃ] / US verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms punish : present tense I/you/we/they punish he/she/it punishes present participle punishing past tense punished past participle punished to make someone suffer because they have done… … English dictionary