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# warship

«warship» in Mova's school dictionary: **a ship built and armed for fighting in a war, run by a navy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a warship, warships)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A warship is a ship built and armed for fighting in a war, run by a navy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warship/#m1)

2) Warships include battleships, aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates and submarines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warship/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, warships appear in stories of the Vikings' longships, Henry VIII's Mary Rose, the Spanish Armada, Nelson's HMS Victory and the world wars. In news, warships may patrol seas, guard ships carrying food or oil, or rescue people. In design and technology and science, pupils learn why heavy steel ships float (displacement). Phrases: «a fleet of warships», «sink a warship», «enemy warships», «naval warship».

### examples

- The Mary Rose was Henry VIII's favourite warship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warship/#x1)
- HMS Victory is an old wooden warship you can visit in Portsmouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warship/#x2)
- A fleet of warships sailed into the harbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warship/#x3)
- The warship had big guns on its deck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warship/#x4)
- Navy warships helped rescue people after the flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warship/#x5)
- A submarine is a warship that travels underwater. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warship/#x6)
- But they should not be boats, they should be large warships. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warship/#x7)

### note

One word: «warship». Ships are often called «she» in old-fashioned writing: «she sank». Steel warships float because they push aside (displace) a weight of water equal to their own weight.

### In the corpora

- [The Portuguese did not simply join the Indian Ocean trade but used warships and forts to force others to buy passes and pay duties.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/15/)
- [Greeks sailed in triremes, fast warships with three rows of oars, and traded olive oil, wine and pottery.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/11-ancient-greece-city-states-athens-and-sparta/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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