punish
🇺🇸
/ˈpʌnɪʃ/
🇬🇧
/ˈpʌnɪʃ/
verb
B1
to make someone suffer for doing something wrong
The teacher will punish students who break the rules.
R
to decide the penalty for a crime
The law says that stealing should be punished with jail time.
R
to blame yourself for something bad
She tends to punish herself for small mistakes.
translation
to make someone suffer for doing something wrong; to decide the penalty for a crime; to blame yourself for something bad
Word Forms
3rd Present
punishes
Past
punished
Perfect
punished
Progressive
punishing