navy

«navy» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the part of a country's armed forces that fights at sea… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a navy, navies; the Navy); adjective (navy, navy blue)

meaning for a pupil

1) A navy is the part of a country's armed forces that fights at sea, with ships, sailors and submarines. tree →

2) Navy (navy blue) is a very dark blue colour. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A fleet of trading ships. Solomon's ships, with sailors from King Hiram of Tyre, sailed to Ophir for gold and rare goods. In the primary lessons: In history and news, the Royal Navy (UK), the US Navy, the Royal Australian Navy and others defend their countries at sea. In school life, «navy» is a common uniform colour for jumpers and skirts. Phrases: «join the navy», «Royal Navy», «navy blue», «in the navy».

examples

• And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. (Prophets 1KI.9.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of sandal-wood and precious stones. (Prophets 1KI.10.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. (Prophets 1KI.9.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• My uncle served in the Royal Navy for ten years. tree →
• Our school jumper is navy blue. tree →
• The navy sent ships to help after the flood. tree →
• She wore a navy coat and red boots. tree →
• Sailors in the navy learn to swim and tie knots. tree →
• The two navies fought a great sea battle. tree →
• "Could we ever forgive ourselves if by neglecting a simple precaution we lost more rabbits--or even, perhaps, our navy, our police, and our fire brigade? tree →

note

Plural: navies. Capital N when naming a particular navy (the Royal Navy). As a colour it does not take -s: «navy socks». Adjective for the sea forces: naval («a naval base»), not «navy base» (though US English sometimes uses «Navy base»).

In the corpora

• And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
• Athens loved debate, trade, art and its navy; Sparta loved discipline, obedience and its army.
• Elizabeth I ruled England for 45 years, and in 1588 her navy and stormy weather defeated the Spanish Armada.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «navy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.