parse
(verb) analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
parse (third-person singular simple present parses, present participle parsing, simple past and past participle parsed)
(linguistics, ambitransitive) To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically. [from mid 16th c.]
Synonym: construe
(transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize.
(computing, ambitransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
(computing, transitive) To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.
(computing, linguistics, intransitive) Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.
Generally speaking, parse is an ergative verb, i.e. ambitransitive with the subject of the intransitive form corresponding to the direct object of the transitive form. If a person or program can parse X into Y, then we say that X parses as Y. Note that the last sense is not quite the same as the penultimate; a string only parses if it can be parsed successfully.
parse (plural parses)
(computing, linguistics) An act of parsing.
(computing, linguistics) The result of such an act.
• Asper, Earps, Pears, Peras, RESPA, Rapes, Spear, Spera, apers, apres, après, aprés, as per, asper, pares, pears, prase, presa, præs., rapes, reaps, sarpe, spare, spear
Source: Wiktionary
Parse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Parsing.] Etym: [L. pars a part; pars orationis a part of speech. See Part, n.] (Gram.)
Definition: To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically. Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it over perfectly. Ascham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
