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to scold
01
to criticize in a severe and harsh manner
Transitive: to scold sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
scold
3rd person singular
scolds
Present participle
scolding
Past simple
scolded
Past participle
scolded
Examples
The manager scolds employees who consistently arrive late to work.
02
to make a series of sharp and angry calls, often used by birds to warn potential threats or predators
Intransitive
Examples
The mother robin scolded loudly from her nest when she saw the cat approaching.
Scold
01
someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Human
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
scolds
Lexical Tree
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