scurvy

«scurvy» in Mova's school dictionary: An illness caused by not getting enough vitamin C, which… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (scurvy — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

An illness caused by not getting enough vitamin C, which comes from fresh fruit and vegetables. It makes the gums bleed and people feel weak. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons pupils learn that sailors on long voyages got scurvy because they had no fresh fruit; British sailors were given lemon or lime juice to stop it. In science and health lessons this shows why vitamins matter. Phrases: suffer from scurvy, prevent scurvy.

examples

• Long ago, many sailors got scurvy at sea. tree →
• Oranges and lemons help to prevent scurvy. tree →
• Scurvy makes your gums sore and bleeding. tree →
• The captain gave his crew lime juice to stop scurvy. tree →
• Scurvy is very rare today. tree →
• Eating fruit and vegetables keeps us safe from scurvy. tree →

note

Uncountable. Scurvy is caused by lack of vitamin C, not by germs, so you cannot catch it from someone. Pirate stories sometimes use "scurvy" as an insult, as in "you scurvy dog!"

In the corpora

• Later sailors learned that lemons and limes prevent scurvy, because they contain vitamin C.
• Cook fought scurvy with fresh food and sauerkraut and lost far fewer men to it than earlier voyages.
• Vitamin C helps wounds heal and keeps gums and skin healthy, and sailors once got scurvy from lacking it.
• Long ago sailors without fresh fruit got sick with scurvy because they lacked vitamin C.

Trees and pragmatics

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