haul+over+the+coals
101castigate — v 1. punish, discipline, chastise, chasten; spank, slap, strike, smite, baste, cuff, box, pummel; thump, beat, lace, drub, cane, birch, switch, trounce, thrash, strap, whip, horsewhip, flail, flog, lash, scourge, flagellate. 2. criticize, scold,… …
102objurgate — v reproach, reprimand, reprove, reprehend, rebuke; upbraid, scold, dress down, castigate, chide, admonish; berate, rail at, fulminate against, thunder against; denounce, denunciate, damn, curse, execrate, anathematize, desecrate; roast, lash,… …
103coal — [[t]koʊl[/t]] n. 1) min mir a black or dark brown mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel 2) a piece of glowing, charred, or burned wood or other combustible substance 3) charcoal 1) 4) to burn to coal or… …
104coal — coalless, adj. /kohl/, n. 1. a black or dark brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Cf. anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite. 2. a piece of glowing, charred, or burned wood or other… …
105rake — rake1 noun 1》 an implement consisting of a pole with a toothed crossbar or fine tines at the end, used for drawing together cut grass or leaves or smoothing loose soil or gravel. 2》 an act of raking. verb 1》 draw together or make smooth with a… …
106scold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. reprove, rebuke, rate, chide, berate, tongue lash, bawl out (sl.). See disapprobation. Ant., praise. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. admonish, chide, berate, chasten, asperse, expostulate with, rebuke,… …
107coal — W2S3 [kəul US koul] n [: Old English; Origin: col] 1.) [U] a hard black mineral which is dug out of the ground and burnt to produce heat ▪ Put some coal on the fire. ▪ the coal mining industry ▪ a lump of coal 2.) [C usually plural] a piece of… …
108upbraid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. reprove, chide, admonish, rebuke, reprimand, scold; accuse, charge, revile. See disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reproach, scold, vituperate, condemn, denounce, lecture, chide, reprehend,… …
109coal */*/*/ — UK [kəʊl] / US [koʊl] noun Word forms coal : singular coal plural coals [uncountable] a hard black substance that is dug from the ground and burned as fuel to provide heat Put some more coal on the fire. coal dust a piece/lump of coal a)… …
110rebuke — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. reproof, reprimand, admonition. v. t. reprove, reprimand, chide, admonish, upbraid. See disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. condemnation, reproof, reprimand, rebuff, snub, refusal, repulse,… …
