Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)lecture, public lecture, talka speech that is open to the public“he attended a lecture on telecommunications”
(n)lecture, speech, talking toa lengthy rebuke“a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline”, “the teacher gave him a talking to”
Verbs
(v)call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambastcensure severely or angrily“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”
