| teach | (n) an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718), Syn. Blackbeard, Edward Teach, Edward Thatch, Thatch |
| teach | (v) impart skills or knowledge to, Syn. learn, instruct, Example: I taught them French; He instructed me in building a boat |
| teach | (v) accustom gradually to some action or attitude, Example: The child is taught to obey her parents |
| teacher | (n) a person whose occupation is teaching, Syn. instructor |
| teacher | (n) a personified abstraction that teaches, Example: books were his teachers; experience is a demanding teacher |
| teachership | (n) the position of teacher |
| teacher's pet | (n) the teacher's favorite student |
| teacher-student relation | (n) the academic relation between teachers and their students |
| teach-in | (n) an extended session (as on a college campus) for lectures and discussion on an important and usually controversial issue |
| teaching | (n) the profession of a teacher, Syn. instruction, pedagogy, Example: he prepared for teaching while still in college; pedagogy is recognized as an important profession |
| Teach | v. t. If some men teach wicked things, it must be that others should practice them. South. [ 1913 Webster ] The village master taught his little school. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ] I shall myself to herbs teach you. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] They have taught their tongue to speak lies. Jer. ix. 5. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ This verb is often used with two objects, one of the person, the other of the thing; |
| Teach | v. i. To give instruction; to follow the business, or to perform the duties, of a preceptor. [ 1913 Webster ] And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] The priests thereof teach for hire. Micah iii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Teachable | a. Capable of being taught; apt to learn; also, willing to receive instruction; docile. [ 1913 Webster ] We ought to bring our minds free, unbiased, and teachable, to learn our religion from the Word of God. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Teachableness | n. Willingness to be taught. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Teache | n. [ Cf. Amer. Sp. tacha, tacho. ] (Sugar Manuf.) Any one of the series of boilers or evaporating pans in which the cane juice is concentrated in making sugar; especially, the last boiler of the series. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ] The 1890 edition had the following etymology for |
| Teacher | n. The teachers in all the churches assembled. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Teaching | n. The act or business of instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Teachless | a. Not teachable. [ R. ] Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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