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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vessel/#m1)

2) A container for liquids, like a cup, bowl, jug or barrel (old-fashioned or formal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vessel/#m2)

3) A tube that carries blood around the body: a blood vessel (arteries, veins and capillaries). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vessel/#m3)

4) A tube that carries water and food in a plant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vessel/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vessel/#x1)
- Blood vessels carry blood all around your body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vessel/#x2)
- A bruise happens when tiny blood vessels break under the skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vessel/#x3)
- The museum has ancient clay vessels for oil and wine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vessel/#x4)
- The captain steered the vessel through the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vessel/#x5)
- Veins are the vessels that carry blood back to the heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vessel/#x6)
- Plants have vessels that carry water from the roots to the leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vessel/#x7)
- Meanwhile the young man’s vessel reached home in safety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vessel/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory/12/)
- [Bones are alive, with blood vessels and cells that rebuild them, so a broken bone can heal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/263-human-body-deeper-bones-muscles-and-skin/6/)
- [An arm keeps swelling for a day or two after a break, and a tight cast can squeeze blood vessels and nerves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw/10/)
- [Cold narrows blood vessels and slows swelling and pain in the first day or two after an injury.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/3-sprains-strains-and-bruises/7/)
- [With regular training the heart pumps more blood per beat and the muscles grow more tiny blood vessels and get better at using oxygen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/38-muscles-getting-stronger-and-getting-fitter/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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