transcription, транскрипция: [ menɪs ]
( menaces, menacing, menaced)
1.
If you say that someone or something is a menace to other people or things, you mean that person or thing is likely to cause serious harm.
In my view you are a menace to the public.
...the menace of fascism...
= threat
N-COUNT : usu sing , oft N to n , N of n
2.
You can refer to someone or something as a menace when you want to say that they cause you trouble or annoyance. ( INFORMAL )
You’re a menace to my privacy, Kenworthy...
= nuisance
N-COUNT : usu sing
3.
Menace is a quality or atmosphere that gives you the feeling that you are in danger or that someone wants to harm you.
...a voice full of menace.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
If you say that one thing menaces another, you mean that the first thing is likely to cause the second thing serious harm.
The European states retained a latent capability to menace Britain’s own security.
= threaten
VERB : V n
5.
If you are menaced by someone, they threaten to harm you.
She’s being menaced by her sister’s latest boyfriend.
= threaten
VERB : be V-ed , also V n