boat

«boat» in Mova's school dictionary: a thing that floats and carries people or goods on water — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (boat, boats); verb (boat — to go in a boat)

meaning for a pupil

1) A boat is a thing that floats and carries people or goods on water. tree →

2) A boat is usually smaller than a ship. tree →

3) A gravy boat is a jug shaped like a boat. tree →

sense in the lessons

things counted, or a vehicle carrying people with a limit per boat; speed and distance; in science, why boats float; phrases «by boat», «row a boat», «sailboat», «in the same boat» (in the same trouble), «miss the boat» (miss a chance)

examples

• Each boat holds 6 people. tree →
• There are 8 boats in the harbor. tree →
• The boat travels 20 miles an hour. tree →
• How many boats do 40 people need? tree →
• We went fishing in a rowing boat. tree →
• Wear a life jacket in a boat. tree →
• The boat sailed across the lake. tree →
• We're all in the same boat. tree →
• She made a paper boat. tree →
• Boats float because they push water aside. tree →
• We have neither ship nor boat." tree →

note

People ÷ seats per boat gives boats, rounded up. Trap: if there is a remainder, one more boat is needed; 40 people with 6 per boat need 7 boats. Safety: always wear a life jacket in a boat.

In the corpora

• Dolphins ride the waves made by boats and whales, which saves energy and seems to be fun for them.
• It may be the first dolphin driven extinct by people, through boats, nets, electric fishing and dams.
• Toad is out on the river, says the Otter, in a brand-new racing boat with new clothes and new everything.
• The boat turns over.
• The Mole has to trot up and down to dry himself while the Rat rescues the boat and dives for the picnic basket.

Trees and pragmatics

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