"scolding" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "scolding",
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    },
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A scolding is a series of critical comments, like those used to teach children when they do not behave."
      ],
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  ],
  "word": "scolding"
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "scolded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scolded",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "The present participle of scold."
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  "word": "scolding"
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      "form": "scolding",
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    },
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
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        "A scolding is a series of critical comments, like those used to teach children when they do not behave."
      ],
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  ],
  "word": "scolding"
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "scolded",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scolded",
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    {
      "form": "scolding",
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        "present",
        "participle"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "The present participle of scold."
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