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# navy

noun (a navy, navies; the Navy); adjective (navy, navy blue)

«navy» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A navy is the part of a country's armed forces that fights at sea, with ships, sailors and submarines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navy/#m1)
2. Navy (navy blue) is a very dark blue colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navy/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history and news, the Royal Navy (UK), the US Navy, the Royal Australian Navy and others defend their countries at sea. In school life, «navy» is a common uniform colour for jumpers and skirts. Phrases: «join the navy», «Royal Navy», «navy blue», «in the navy».

### Examples

- My uncle served in the Royal Navy for ten years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navy/#x1)
- Our school jumper is navy blue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navy/#x2)
- The navy sent ships to help after the flood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navy/#x3)
- She wore a navy coat and red boots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navy/#x4)
- Sailors in the navy learn to swim and tie knots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navy/#x5)
- The two navies fought a great sea battle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navy/#x6)
- "Could we ever forgive ourselves if by neglecting a simple precaution we lost more rabbits--or even, perhaps, our navy, our police, and our fire brigade? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navy/#x7)

### Note

Plural: navies. Capital N when naming a particular navy (the Royal Navy). As a colour it does not take -s: «navy socks». Adjective for the sea forces: naval («a naval base»), not «navy base» (though US English sometimes uses «Navy base»).

## In Jewish tradition

A fleet of trading ships. Solomon's ships, with sailors from King Hiram of Tyre, sailed to Ophir for gold and rare goods. In the primary lessons: In history and news, the Royal Navy (UK), the US Navy, the Royal Australian Navy and others defend their countries at sea. In school life, «navy» is a common uniform colour for jumpers and skirts. Phrases: «join the navy», «Royal Navy», «navy blue», «in the navy».

### Examples

- And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. (Prophets 1KI.9.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/navy/#x1)
- And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of sandal-wood and precious stones. (Prophets 1KI.10.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/navy/#x2)
- And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. (Prophets 1KI.9.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/navy/#x3)

### Note

Plural: navies. Capital N when naming a particular navy (the Royal Navy). As a colour it does not take -s: «navy socks». Adjective for the sea forces: naval («a naval base»), not «navy base» (though US English sometimes uses «Navy base»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «navy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/navy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«navy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/navy.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «navy» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/navy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«navy» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/navy.html) on Mova free.