lecture (
http://definr.com/lecture)
n 1: a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture
on telecommunications" [syn:
public lecture,
talk]
2: a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of
discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" [syn:
speech,
talking to]
3: teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to
a class) [syn:
lecturing]
v 1: deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next
week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" [syn:
talk]
2: 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"; "check" is archaic [syn:
rebuke,
rag,
trounce,
reproof,
reprimand,
jaw,
dress down,
scold,
chide,
berate,
bawl out,
remonstrate,
chew out,
chew up,
have words,
lambaste,
lambast]