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# berth

«berth» in Mova's school dictionary: **A bed or bunk for sleeping on a ship or train** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural berths)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bed or bunk for sleeping on a ship or train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/berth/#m1)

2) A place where a ship is tied up at a harbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/berth/#m2)

3) (phrase) «give a wide berth to» means keep well away from. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/berth/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

a sleeping place given to a guest on a ship in a tale; «give a wide berth» in everyday talk

### examples

- The sailor gave me a berth in the cabin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/berth/#x1)
- Give a wide berth to the bully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/berth/#x2)
- The ship sailed into its berth at the harbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/berth/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «berth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/berth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.