n.
Pronunciation: ' pärs, chiefly Brit ' pärz
Function: verb
Inflected Form: parsed ; pars · ing
Etymology: Latin pars orationis part of speech
Date: circa 1553
transitive verb
1 a : to resolve (as a sentence) into component parts of speech and describe them grammatically b : to describe grammatically by stating the part of speech and explaining the inflection and syntactical relationships
2 : to examine in a minute way : analyze critically <having trouble parsing ⋯ explanations for dwindling market shares ― R. S. Anson>
intransitive verb
1 : to give a grammatical description of a word or a group of words
2 : to admit of being parsed