navy

«navy» in Mova's school 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 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

• 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

• 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.
• And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

Trees and pragmatics

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