Main Entry: ¹parse

Pronunciation: \ˈpärs, chiefly British ˈpärz\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): 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