'lectures'
[lecture.n.01] as in: a speech that is open to the public


Examples:
he attended a lecture on telecommunications



'lectures'
[lecture.n.02] as in: a lengthy rebuke


Examples:
a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
the teacher gave him a talking to



'lectures'
[lecture.n.03] as in: teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)



'lectures'
[lecture.v.01] as in: deliver a lecture or talk


Examples:
She will talk at Rutgers next week
Did you ever lecture at Harvard?



'lectures'
[call_on_the_carpet.v.01] as in: censure severely or angrily


Examples:
The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup



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