| parse | |
| 1. v. (anchor, en-v-def1)(transitive, linguistics) To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to | |
| 2. v. (transitive, by extension) To examine closely; to scrutinize. | |
| 3. v. (transitive, by extension, computing) To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar. | |
| 4. v. (transitive, by extension, computing) To split a file or other input into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive, computing, linguistics) Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid. | |
| This sentence doesn’t parse. | |
| 6. n. (computing, linguistics) An act of parsing. | |
| 7. n. (computing, linguistics) The result of such an act. | |
