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# waterline

noun (the waterline, waterlines)

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

## Everyday

1. The line along the side of a ship or boat where the water reaches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterline/#m1)
2. A line or mark showing how high water has come, for example on a wall after a flood, or on a beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterline/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on floating, the waterline shows how deep a boat sits in the water: the more weight it carries, the lower it floats and the higher the waterline climbs up its side. After floods, waterlines on buildings show how deep the flood was. Phrases: "below the waterline", "above the waterline".

### Examples

- The ship was painted red below the waterline. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterline/#x1)
- When we added marbles to our foil boat, the waterline rose up its side. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterline/#x2)
- A hole below the waterline can sink a ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterline/#x3)
- You can still see the waterline on the walls from last year's flood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterline/#x4)
- The heavier the cargo, the lower the ship sits in the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterline/#x5)
- We marked the waterline on our model boat with a pen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waterline/#x6)

### Note

Countable; usually "the waterline". One word (sometimes "water line"). Ships have special marks (Plimsoll lines) to show the safe waterline when loaded.

## On Mova

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