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# shark

noun (a shark, sharks)

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

## Everyday

1. A shark is a large fish with a long body, fins, rows of sharp teeth and a skeleton made of cartilage instead of bone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shark/#m1)
2. Informally, a shark is a person who cheats others out of money, like a loan shark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shark/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, sharks are fish that breathe with gills, are predators at the top of the ocean food chain and keep losing and growing new teeth. Types: great white, hammerhead, whale shark (the largest fish). In safety at the beach in Australia and elsewhere: swim between the flags, leave the water if there is a shark alarm. In stories they are often shown as monsters. Phrases: shark attack, shark net, loan shark.

### Examples

- The shark swam close to the boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shark/#x1)
- Sharks have many rows of teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shark/#x2)
- The whale shark is the biggest fish in the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shark/#x3)
- Swim between the flags at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shark/#x4)
- A hammerhead shark has a head shaped like a hammer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shark/#x5)
- Sharks breathe through gills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shark/#x6)
- We saw sharks at the aquarium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shark/#x7)
- Most sharks are not dangerous to people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shark/#x8)

### Note

Countable: one shark, two sharks. A shark is a fish, not a mammal (unlike whales and dolphins). Myth: sharks do not hunt people on purpose; attacks are very rare. Their skeleton is cartilage, like your ears and nose.

## On Mova

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