Teach | Mean of teach in English Dictionary

/ˈtiːtʃ/

• Verb
• to cause or help (someone) to learn about a subject by giving lessons
1. He enjoys teaching his students about history.
2. She no longer teaches.
3. He wants to teach. [=to be a teacher]
• to give lessons about (a particular subject) to a person or group
1. She taught English for many years at the high school.
2. He teaches music/science.
• to cause or help (a person or animal) to learn how to do something by giving lessons, showing how it is done, etc.
1. She is teaching us (how to use) sign language.
2. teach a child to read/swim
3. I taught my dog to retrieve sticks.
4. She taught me (how) to ride a bike.

• to show someone how to behave, think, etc.
1. The church teaches compassion and forgiveness.
2. Someone needs to teach her right and wrong.
3. The experience taught us that money doesn't mean everything.
• to cause (someone) to know the unpleasant results of something
1. Her injury will teach her not to be so careless with a knife.
2. He got the punishment he deserved. That'll teach him to lie to me. [=show him that he should not lie to me again]
3. That will teach her a lesson. [=that will show her not to do something again]