· teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

Synonym(s): lecture

Hypernym(s): teaching, instruction, pedagogy

· deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

Synonym(s): talk

Hypernym(s): teach, learn, instruct

· censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

Synonym(s): call_on_the_carpet, take_to_task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reprimand, jaw, dress_down, call_down, scold, chide, berate, bawl_out, remonstrate, chew_out, chew_up, have_words, lambaste, lambast

Hypernym(s): knock, criticize, criticise, pick_apart