lecture
     n 1: a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture
          on telecommunications" [syn: {public lecture}, {talk}]
     2: a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of
        discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" [syn: {speech},
         {talking to}]
     3: teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to
        a class) [syn: {lecturing}]
     v 1: deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next
          week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" [syn: {talk}]
     2: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
        for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
        Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for
        bringing cold soup" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {rebuke},
        {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress
        down}, {call down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out},
         {remonstrate}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste},
         {lambast}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0