Definition of "parses" [parses]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parse. (verb)

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• "Last, but not least, every word parses itself by its distinctive ending."
• "Now, we jump to the lesbian bits -- not that women sexing women are any less homosexual than males, but common societal parlance parses them as such."
• "A major problem with the multitude of ways to set $VERSION is that it doesn't necessarily correspond to how the 'use' keyword parses a module version restriction."