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# seagull

«seagull» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large grey and white bird with a loud cry that lives…** — 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 (a seagull, seagulls)

### meaning for a pupil

A seagull (or gull) is a large grey and white bird with a loud cry that lives near the sea and often by rivers and towns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seagull/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in nature and seaside life: seagulls steal chips and sandwiches at the beach, follow fishing boats and nest on cliffs and roofs. Safety and manners: do not feed seagulls, and keep food covered.

### examples

- A seagull stole my chips at the beach! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seagull/#x1)
- Seagulls were crying above the harbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seagull/#x2)
- Don't feed the seagulls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seagull/#x3)
- The seagull dived into the sea for a fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seagull/#x4)
- Seagulls nest on the cliffs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seagull/#x5)
- Seagulls followed the fishing boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seagull/#x6)

### note

Countable. Scientists say "gull", because many gulls live inland too. Compound: sea + gull.

### In the corpora

- [Feeding seagulls teaches them to snatch food, so you eat in a sheltered spot and do not feed them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/206-animals-outdoors-farm-and-zoo/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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