parse
verbUK /pɑːz/
US /pɑːrs/
To look at words or sentences carefully and figure out what they mean.
The teacher asked us to parse the long sentence into smaller parts.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. In computing, to read data and change it into a form a computer can use.
The program will parse the text file and save the numbers.
3. To describe the grammar of a word or sentence.
In class we learned to parse each verb in the poem.
4. To understand or explain something in a careful way.
It took her a while to parse what he really meant.