marine

«marine» in Mova's school dictionary: To do with the sea or the animals and plants that live in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (marine); noun (a marine, marines; the Marines)

meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) To do with the sea or the animals and plants that live in it: marine life. tree →

2) (adjective) To do with ships and sailing. tree →

3) (noun) A soldier trained to fight both at sea and on land: he joined the Marines. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons, «marine animals» (whales, fish, crabs) and «marine biology» are common. In news and safety, «marine pollution» and «marine reserves» matter. In the US and UK, the Marines are a part of the armed forces. Phrases: marine life, marine biologist, marine park, Royal Marines, US Marines.

examples

• Coral reefs are full of marine life. tree →
• She wants to be a marine biologist and study dolphins. tree →
• Plastic is a danger to marine animals. tree →
• We visited a marine park and saw sea lions. tree →
• His grandad was a marine in the navy. tree →
• The marine forecast warned of strong winds at sea. tree →
• The bay is a protected marine reserve. tree →
• Seaweed is a marine plant. tree →
• Like most sea-divinities he was gifted with prophetic power, and each year visited all the islands and coasts with a train of marine monsters, foretelling all kinds of evil. tree →

note

Adjective usually before a noun: marine animals. The noun «Marines» often takes a capital letter. Related: maritime (to do with sea trade and ships), submarine (under the sea). Do not confuse with «marina» (a harbour for small boats).

In the corpora

• Sally Lightfoot crabs are bright red crabs that leap from rock to rock, eat algae and pick ticks off marine iguanas.

Trees and pragmatics

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