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# seine

noun (a seine, seines; the Seine); verb (seine, seines, seined, seining)

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

## Everyday

1. A seine is a large fishing net that hangs straight down in the water, with floats on top and weights at the bottom; the ends are pulled together to trap fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seine/#m1)
2. To seine is to catch fish with this kind of net. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seine/#m2)
3. The Seine (with a capital S) is the river that flows through Paris in France. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seine/#m3)

### In the lessons

Geography: the River Seine runs through Paris to the English Channel, and famous bridges and the Eiffel Tower stand near it. Science and nature: scientists use seine nets to count fish in rivers and the sea. The French word «Seine» sounds like «sen».

### Examples

- The fishermen pulled the seine onto the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seine/#x1)
- We took a boat trip on the Seine in Paris. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seine/#x2)
- Scientists used a seine to count the small fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seine/#x3)
- They were seining for sardines at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seine/#x4)
- The Seine flows past Notre-Dame. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seine/#x5)
- A seine has floats on top and weights below. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seine/#x6)
- Paris grew up on both banks of the Seine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seine/#x7)
- Steamer after steamer, crowded with people, glides down the Seine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seine/#x8)

### Note

English «seine» (the net) is said like «sane» or «seen»; the river name is said the French way, «sen». The river needs a capital letter and «the». Do not confuse with «sign», «sane», «scene».

## On Mova

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