punishes
- 1Third-person singular present of punish.
The court punishes repeat offenders more harshly than first-time defendants.
She rarely punishes her children for small accidents.
Note
The -es ending is the spelling English uses after a hissing sound like -sh, and it adds a syllable: punish has two, while this form has three. The form carries every sense of the verb, including the colloquial ones. A boxer punishes a tiring opponent by beating him severely, and a hungry diner punishes a buffet by eating a great deal of it.
The challenger punishes his opponent with body blows in the late rounds.
Every Sunday he punishes a whole plate of wings.
punishes is a form of punish
punish, verb: To make a wrongdoer suffer for a crime or misconduct, usually through disciplinary action imposed by an authority such as a parent, teacher, or officer. Full entry
- Spelling
- punish → punishes: add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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