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    [Verb]  | "teach" | \ ˈtēch \


    1: to cause to know something

    2: to cause to know how

    3: to accustom to some action or attitude


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English techen to show, instruct, from Old English tǣcan; akin to Old English tācn sign {mat|token:1|};

    [Verb]  | "prac*tice-teach" | \ ˈprak-təs-ˈtēch \


    1: to engage in practice teaching


    Origin: 1952 ;

     Back-formation from practice teaching;

    [Verb]  | "teaches" 


    1: to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field;


      * e.g., " ... a master gardener taught us about the basics of organic gardening "



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    [Verb]  | "teach" 


    1: to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field;


      * e.g., " ... a master gardener taught us about the basics of organic gardening "



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     [ "Teached" ]

    1: To be Owned or served by a teacher

      * e.g.,  ... Ohh man, the teacher today totally burned that stupid kid today in class. He got Teached! 

     [ "teached" ]

    1: A misspelling of the word "taught".

      * e.g.,  ... Person A: I teached English. 

     [ "teach" ]

    1: short for teacher, usually used insultingly

      * e.g.,  ... yo man i got that bitchy english teach next period.... 

     [ "teached" ]

    1: teached (teechd)

      * e.g.,  ... "Ummm, where have you teached before?"  


     [ "teached" ]

    2: –verb: past tense and past participle of "teach". Commonly used in Trinidad by the most educated people.

     [ "teaching" ]

    1: A profession that highly skilled people find themselves in when they can't find a better job.

      * e.g.,  ... Shit I can't find a job that opays more than £10,000 a year....better go into teaching 


     [ "teaching" ]

    2: For all those people who say that teaching is great.....it is....just because all the kids are like Vikki Pollard

     [ "teach" ]

    1: A term usually used as a put down to those who ask obvious questions and have their questions answered in a sarcastic way. It resembles the classic burned or owned, but more specific to question-asking. In forums "teach!" is often followed by an emoticon wearing a graduation cap and holding a pointer.

      * e.g.,  ... n00b: Why can't I post in the rest of the forums? 

     [ "Teach" ]

    1: “Teach” is to show or do something to inform other of something that can help them learn

      * e.g.,  ... Teacher : ok today I will be teaching Student : ok 

     [ "teached" ]

    1: A sexual term where you put someone's phone in the microwave in the middle of the night and the explosion turns the both of you on

      * e.g.,  ... Kids these days keep me up at night teached, I swear. Okrrrrr? 

     [ "teaching" ]

    1:  A term for something being dry or armz. When someone is told off but can only be used in the case where the telling off is *true*.

      * e.g.,  ... "You're way off pitch, where the _____ did you learn to sing?" 


     [ "teaching" ]

    2:  Third party response to an insult

      * e.g.,  ... "Oh, TEACHING!" 


     [ "teaching" ]

    3: Orig. Polite teachers/parents critisizing work and then claiming that it's simply teaching, causing others present to say "Ohhh dry. I mean, teaching"

     [ "teach a class" ]

    1:  A sarcastic way of letting a person know that whatever they are doing at a particular moment in time isn't working for them.

      * e.g.,  ...  (Drunk girl is dancing funky, as if having convulsions, at a club. Walk up to her and tap her on the shoulder): "Wow! Can you teach a class on dancing??" 


     [ "teach a class" ]

    2:  (rare) A genuine way of letting a person know that they are highly skilled or proficient in a certain area. Almost impossible to differentiate this one from definition "1"

      * e.g.,  ... "How do you do it, man? You're a true BLG. Can you teach a class??" 

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