Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun teach

1 sense of teach

Sense 1
Teach, Edward Teach, Thatch, Edward Thatch, Blackbeard -- (an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718))
       INSTANCE OF=> pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover -- (someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb teach

2 senses of teach

Sense 1
teach, learn, instruct -- (impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat")
       => inform -- (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights")

Sense 2
teach -- (accustom gradually to some action or attitude; "The child is taught to obey her parents")
       => habituate, accustom -- (make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music")

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