vessel

«vessel» in Mova's school dictionary: A ship or large boat — 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

noun (a vessel, vessels)

meaning for a pupil

1) A ship or large boat. tree →

2) A container for liquids, like a cup, bowl, jug or barrel (old-fashioned or formal). tree →

3) A tube that carries blood around the body: a blood vessel (arteries, veins and capillaries). tree →

4) A tube that carries water and food in a plant. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science it is mostly used for blood vessels: the heart pumps blood through vessels to every part of the body. In history and stories a vessel is a ship. In science experiments, a container is sometimes called a vessel. Phrases: blood vessel, sailing vessel, fishing vessel, a vessel of water.

examples

• The fishing vessel came back to the harbour full of fish. tree →
• Blood vessels carry blood all around your body. tree →
• A bruise happens when tiny blood vessels break under the skin. tree →
• The museum has ancient clay vessels for oil and wine. tree →
• The captain steered the vessel through the storm. tree →
• Veins are the vessels that carry blood back to the heart. tree →
• Plants have vessels that carry water from the roots to the leaves. tree →
• Meanwhile the young man’s vessel reached home in safety. tree →

note

Countable: a vessel, vessels. In everyday talk people say «ship», «boat» or «container»; «vessel» sounds more formal or scientific. Three kinds of blood vessels: arteries (away from the heart), veins (back to the heart), capillaries (tiny ones between).

In the corpora

• Elephant ears are full of blood vessels, and flapping them cools the blood; African elephants have much bigger ears than Asian elephants.
• Bones are alive, with blood vessels and cells that rebuild them, so a broken bone can heal.
• An arm keeps swelling for a day or two after a break, and a tight cast can squeeze blood vessels and nerves.
• Cold narrows blood vessels and slows swelling and pain in the first day or two after an injury.
• With regular training the heart pumps more blood per beat and the muscles grow more tiny blood vessels and get better at using oxygen.

Trees and pragmatics

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