a speech that is open to the public; he attended a lecture on telecommunications

[ Syn: public lecture , talk ]

a lengthy rebuke; a good lecture was my fathers idea of discipline; the teacher gave him a talking to

[ Syn: speech , talking to ]

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

[ Syn: lecturing ]

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

[ Syn: talk ]

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

[ Syn: call on the carpet , take to task , rebuke , rag , trounce , reproof , reprimand , jaw , dress down , call down , scold , chide , berate , bawl out , remonstrate , chew out , chew up , have words , lambaste , lambast ]