salty

«salty» in Mova's school dictionary: tasting of salt or having salt in it — 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

adjective (salty, saltier, saltiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Salty means tasting of salt or having salt in it. tree →

2) Salty (informal) can mean a bit rude or cross: a salty reply. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: a word of the story; describes food or water; carries no number. In science: seawater is salty, rivers are fresh; salty water is denser so things float better in it. In health: salty snacks make you thirsty. In stories: the salty sea air.

examples

• She bought 3 bags of salty chips. tree →
• The salty snacks cost $2 each. tree →
• The sea is salty. tree →
• He drank 2 glasses of water after the salty soup. tree →
• Salty food makes you thirsty. tree →
• An egg floats in very salty water but sinks in fresh water. tree →
• We smelled the salty sea air. tree →
• The chips were too salty to eat. tree →
• Tears taste a little salty. tree →
• He blinked his eyes hard to keep out the salty perspiration streaming down his face. tree →

note

Describes a thing; carries no clue. Trap: none. Comparison: salty, saltier, saltiest. Opposite of salty water: fresh water. Eating many salty snacks is not healthy.

In the corpora

• The Dead Sea is so salty that people float on it like corks; salty water holds you up more than fresh water.
• When salty water evaporates, the salt stays behind as crystals; sea salt is made this way in sunny places.
• Onions, garlic, chocolate, grapes, very salty food and the sweetener xylitol can make pets very ill.
• Salty water pushes up harder than fresh water, which is why you float more easily in the sea.
• When a ship sails from a river into the salty sea, it floats a little higher, because salty water pushes up harder.

Trees and pragmatics

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