seasickness

«seasickness» in Mova's school dictionary: the sick, dizzy feeling some people get when a boat moves… — 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

noun (seasickness; uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Seasickness is the sick, dizzy feeling some people get when a boat moves on the water. It can make you vomit, feel tired and look pale. tree →

sense in the lessons

Science: a kind of motion sickness caused by your eyes and your balance organs (in the inner ear) disagreeing about how you are moving. Everyday life: people take tablets, wristbands or ginger to help. In history and stories, sailors and explorers often suffered from seasickness on long voyages.

examples

• Seasickness ruined the first day of our boat trip. tree →
• Ginger biscuits may help with seasickness. tree →
• Many sailors get over seasickness after a few days. tree →
• The doctor gave Mum a patch for seasickness. tree →
• Seasickness is a kind of motion sickness. tree →
• Fresh air on deck eased his seasickness. tree →
• Lord Nelson, a famous admiral, is said to have suffered from seasickness. tree →

note

Uncountable: say «seasickness», not «a seasickness» or «seasicknesses». Adjective: seasick. Spelling: sea + sick + ness, one word, no hyphen.

In the corpora

• Big waves are scary, but boats are built to handle rough ("choppy") water; seasickness makes fear feel worse.

Trees and pragmatics

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