Hammering - English meaning

verb

Warn or reprimand someone firmly.

Usage examples:

She admonished me for appearing at breakfast unshaven

verb

To warn someone not to do something, usually in a kind way, or to tell someone to do something

Usage examples:

His mother admonished him for eating too quickly., as i left i heard my husband’s admonition – "don…

verb

To tell someone that they have done something wrong

Usage examples:

His mother admonished him for eating too quickly.

verb

Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.

Usage examples:

In february the germans attacked verdun

noun

An aggressive and violent act against a person or place.

Usage examples:

He was killed in an attack on a checkpoint

verb

An offensive against an enemy

verb

Strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip.

Usage examples:

If we were caught we were beaten

noun

A main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry.

Usage examples:

The glissando begins on the second beat

adjective

Short for beatnik.

verb

Scold or criticize (someone) angrily.

Usage examples:

She berated herself for being fickle

verb

Censure severely or angrily

verb

To criticize someone in an angry manner

Usage examples:

His mother berated him for making a mess.

verb

Reprimand (someone) severely.

Usage examples:

He was castigated for not setting a good example

verb

To criticize someone or something severely

Usage examples:

Health inspectors castigated the kitchen staff for poor standards of cleanliness.

verb

Express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement.

Usage examples:

The company was heavily censured by inspectors from the department of trade

noun

The formal expression of severe disapproval.

Usage examples:

Two mps were singled out for censure

noun

Strong criticism or disapproval

Usage examples:

His dishonest behaviour came under severe censure.

verb

Rebuke or reprimand severely.

Usage examples:

He chastised his colleagues for their laziness

verb

To punish or criticize someone strongly

Usage examples:

Economists like to chastise the public for not saving.

verb

To criticize someone severely

Usage examples:

Charity organizations have chastised the government for not doing enough to prevent the latest fami…

verb

Express complete disapproval of; censure.

Usage examples:

Most leaders roundly condemned the attack

verb

To criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons

Usage examples:

The movie was condemned for glorifying violence., those who remember the past are not condemned to …

verb

Indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way.

Usage examples:

The opposition criticized the government's failure to consult adequately

verb

To express disapproval of someone or something

Usage examples:

Be criticized for the government is being widely criticized in the media for failing to limit air p…

verb

To give an opinion or judgment about a book, film, etc.

Usage examples:

We're a group of artists who meet to discuss ideas and criticize each other's work.

noun

A popular or the latest style of clothing, hair, decoration, or behaviour.

Usage examples:

The latest parisian fashions

verb

Make into a particular form.

Usage examples:

The bottles were fashioned from green glass

combining form

In the manner of something specified.

Usage examples:

The masts extend concertina-fashion

verb

Make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it.

Usage examples:

He forged a great suit of black armour

noun

A blacksmith's workshop; a smithy.

Usage examples:

Culm was the material most widely used in the forges by blacksmiths and large quantities of the sub…

verb

Move forward gradually or steadily.

Usage examples:

He forged through the crowded streets

noun

The visible shape or configuration of something.

Usage examples:

The form, colour, and texture of the tree

verb

Variant spelling of forme.

combining form

Having the form of.

Usage examples:

Cruciform

idiom

To speak angrily to someone because they have done something you disapprove of

Usage examples:

He was hauled over the coals for coming in late for work.

verb

Strike a surface noisily to attract attention, especially when waiting to be let in through a door.

Usage examples:

He strolled over and knocked on a door marked enquiries

noun

A sudden short sound caused by a blow, especially on a door to attract attention or gain entry.

Usage examples:

There was a sudden knock at the door, the noise seemingly unnatural and loud in the silence that i …

verb

To repeatedly hit something, producing a noise

Usage examples:

Someone is knocking at the door., jane knocked on the window to attract his attention., alice accid…

verb

Criticize (someone or something) harshly.

Usage examples:

They lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth

verb

To criticize someone or something severely

Usage examples:

His first novel was lambasted by the critics.

verb

Form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create.

Usage examples:

My grandmother made a dress for me

noun

The manufacturer or trade name of a product.

Usage examples:

The make, model, and year of his car

verb

Perform or carry out

noun

A hollow container used to give shape to molten or hot liquid material when it cools and hardens.

Usage examples:

The smith would pour the molten metal into the shaped mould

verb

Form (an object) out of malleable material.

Usage examples:

Mould the figure from white fondant

noun

A furry growth of minute fungi occurring typically in moist warm conditions, especially on food or other organic matter.

Usage examples:

Mould may flourish unhindered

noun

A wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly imprisoned and exposed to public abuse.

Usage examples:

The punishments for which may be confiscation of the fish, imprisonment, the pillory, and the offen…

verb

Put (someone) in a pillory.

verb

To severely criticize someone, especially in a public way

Usage examples:

Although regularly pilloried by the press as an obnoxious loudmouth, he is, nonetheless, an effecti…

verb

Express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions.

Usage examples:

She had rebuked him for drinking too much

noun

An expression of sharp disapproval or criticism.

Usage examples:

He hadn't meant it as a rebuke, but neil flinched

verb

To criticize someone strongly because you disapprove of what the person has said or done

Usage examples:

He was publicly rebuked for his involvement in the scandal., [ c ] a sharp rebuke

noun

A formal expression of disapproval.

Usage examples:

The golfer received a reprimand for a breach of rules

verb

Address a reprimand to.

Usage examples:

Officials were reprimanded for poor work

verb

To tell someone, esp. officially, that his or her behavior is wrong and not acceptable

Usage examples:

The committee reprimanded and censured him for his uncooperative attitude., his boss gave him a sev…

verb

Express to (someone) one's disapproval of or disappointment in their actions.

Usage examples:

Her friends reproached her for not thinking enough about her family

noun

The expression of disapproval or disappointment.

Usage examples:

He gave her a look of reproach

verb

Reprimand (someone).

Usage examples:

He was reproved for obscenity

verb

To tell someone that you disapprove of their bad or silly behaviour

Usage examples:

The teacher gently reproved the boys for not paying attention.

noun

Abbreviation for return on assets

Usage examples:

Roa is an indicator about how profitable a company is relative to its total assets.

noun

The external form, contours, or outline of someone or something.

Usage examples:

She liked the shape of his nose

verb

Give a particular shape or form to.

Usage examples:

Most caves are shaped by the flow of water through limestone

abbreviation

Supreme headquarters allied powers europe.

verb

Shut (a door, window, or lid) forcefully and loudly.

Usage examples:

He slams the door behind him as he leaves

noun

A loud bang caused by the forceful shutting of something such as a door.

Usage examples:

The door closed with a slam

verb

Close violently

phrase

To criticize or speak angrily to someone for something that they have done wrong

Usage examples:

Take someone to task for/over something she took her assistant to task for/over her carelessness., …