depth

«depth» in Mova's school dictionary: how deep something is, how far it goes down from the top — 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 (depth, depths)

meaning for a pupil

1) Depth is how deep something is, how far it goes down from the top. tree →

2) Depth is also how far back something goes, like the depth of a shelf. tree →

3) The depths are the deepest parts, like the depths of the ocean. tree →

4) «In depth» means in a full, careful way. tree →

sense in the lessons

maths: a measure of length downward; with length and width it gives volume (length × width × depth); science: the depth of the ocean, the depth of snow or rain; safety: check the depth of water before you jump in; phrases: «out of your depth» means in water too deep, or in something too hard

examples

• The depth of the pool is 3 meters. tree →
• Find the depth of the water. tree →
• The tank has a depth of 50 cm. tree →
• The depth grows by 2 cm each hour. tree →
• Never dive in without checking the depth. tree →
• The deepest part of the ocean is about 11 kilometers down. tree →
• We studied volcanoes in depth. tree →
• The waters foamed in the depths below him. tree →

note

A length; multiply length × width × depth for volume. Trap: keep units the same before multiplying. Spelling: dep-t-h, from deep.

In the corpora

• Many fish have a swim bladder filled with gas that lets them float at one depth.
• Many fish have a swim bladder, a bag of gas that helps them float at the depth they want.
• The deeps cover them — they went down into the depths like a stone.
• 'Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God: ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.'
• The Lord said: 'I will bring back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;

Trees and pragmatics

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