marsh

«marsh» in Mova's school dictionary: low, flat land that is wet and soft most of the time… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a marsh, marshes)

meaning for a pupil

1) A marsh is low, flat land that is wet and soft most of the time, often with tall grasses and reeds. tree →

2) A kind of wetland home to birds, frogs and insects. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in geography and science (wetland habitats), stories and nature walks. Phrases: «salt marsh», «marsh birds», «marsh gas». Safety: marshes can be boggy and dangerous; stay on paths.

examples

• Herons hunt for frogs in the marsh. tree →
• The salt marsh floods at high tide. tree →
• We walked along the boardwalk across the marsh. tree →
• Reeds grow tall in the marsh. tree →
• Don't stray off the path in the marsh — it's boggy. tree →
• Marshes help protect the coast from floods. tree →
• Then some frogs began to croak in the marsh. tree →

note

Plural: marshes. Adjective: marshy. Similar: swamp (wetland with trees), bog, fen. Not the same as «marshmallow», though the plant marsh mallow grows in marshes.

In the corpora

• Long legs let cranes wade in marshes and tall grass, and a long bill probes the mud for food.
• But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given for salt.

Trees and pragmatics

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