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Getting Google to index main section of pages in SERPs

I have a problem here where Google shows the contents of my <nav> in my category SERPs, and because my nav is made up of inline elements the result gets really messy:

example.com - My page title
www.example.com/url/to/page - Translate this page
LoremIpsumDolorSitAmetConsecteturAdipiscingElitSedDoEiusmod...

So instead, how do I get Google to show my main section instead? Is it as simple as wrapping my content in <main>?

Most sites I've seen don't have their navs showing in their SERPs anyway:

https://google.com/search?q=site:stackoverflow.com