shrimp

«shrimp» in Mova's school dictionary: a small sea animal with a shell, a long tail and many… — 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 shrimp, shrimp or shrimps); verb (shrimp, shrimps, shrimped, shrimping — catch shrimps)

meaning for a pupil

1) A shrimp is a small sea animal with a shell, a long tail and many legs; many are eaten as food. tree →

2) (informal, teasing) A shrimp is a very small person. tree →

3) To shrimp is to catch shrimps. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, shrimps are crustaceans, food for whales and fish. In everyday life, shrimp are cooked and eaten; in Australia «shrimp» is less used — they say «prawn». As a teasing name for a small child. Phrases: «shrimp cocktail», «go shrimping», «you little shrimp».

examples

• We caught shrimps in a net at the beach. tree →
• Whales eat tiny shrimp-like krill. tree →
• Dad cooked shrimp for dinner. tree →
• «Come here, you little shrimp!» laughed my big brother. tree →
• Some shrimps can change colour. tree →
• Shrimps belong to the same group as crabs and lobsters. tree →
• ‘You wretched little shrimp,’ replied Hans, ‘a great deal of good your gratitude is likely to do me! tree →

note

Plural: shrimp or shrimps (both used). In the UK and Australia, bigger ones are called prawns; in the USA, nearly all are called shrimp. Calling someone a shrimp is teasing about size.

In the corpora

• Some deep-sea shrimp squirt a glowing cloud to confuse a hunter, a little like squid ink but made of light.
• Woodlice need damp places and hide under logs and stones; they are crustaceans, related to crabs and shrimps, not insects.
• Flamingos get their pink from pigments in the shrimps and algae they eat; fed without those pigments, they slowly turn white.

Trees and pragmatics

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