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# gull

«gull» in Mova's school dictionary: **A large grey and white seabird with long wings and a loud…** — 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 gull, gulls); verb (gull — old: to trick)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A large grey and white seabird with long wings and a loud cry, often seen at beaches and harbours; also called a seagull. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gull/#m1)

2) (old-fashioned verb) To trick or fool someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gull/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science: gulls eat fish, insects and scraps; they live near the sea but also inland. At the beach: don't feed gulls, keep food covered — they can snatch chips! In old stories «gullible» (easy to trick) comes from the old verb. Phrases: «seagull», «herring gull».

### examples

- A gull stole my chips at the beach! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gull/#x1)
- The gulls cried loudly over the harbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gull/#x2)
- We watched gulls following the fishing boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gull/#x3)
- Gulls have webbed feet for swimming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gull/#x4)
- Please don't feed the gulls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gull/#x5)
- A gull was standing on one leg on the rooftop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gull/#x6)
- Kotick swam back to Novastoshnah, leaving the gulls to scream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gull/#x7)

### note

Countable. «Seagull» is the everyday word; birdwatchers say «gull» because many live inland. Related word: gullible (easily fooled). Do not confuse with «gully» (a narrow channel).

### In the corpora

- [Gulls are bold and clever, and they learn that people carry food, so some snatch chips and sandwiches at the seaside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water/5/)
- [Gulls can drink salt water, because glands above their eyes remove the salt and it drips out of their nose.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water/7/)
- [Many gulls have moved into towns and nest on flat rooftops, because cities have food and safe roofs away from foxes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water/8/)
- [A gull drops a shellfish onto rocks from a height to smash the shell open.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water/11/)
- [Gulls follow a tractor ploughing a field, because ploughing turns up worms and grubs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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