noisy
part of speech
adjective (noisy, noisier, noisiest)
meaning for a pupil
1) Noisy means making a lot of loud sound, like a noisy class. tree →
2) A noisy place is full of loud sounds, like a busy street. tree →
3) In science and data, noisy can mean full of random unwanted bits that make it hard to see what is going on. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: In Proverbs, Wisdom is shown as a woman who calls out in busy places. Tradition reads this as wisdom calling people to follow the right path. In the primary lessons: In class teachers say «you're too noisy» to ask for quiet; in science, noise is measured in decibels and very noisy places can damage hearing. Safety: in a noisy place like a road, you might not hear a car coming, so look carefully too; ear defenders protect ears from very loud noise. Phrases: «a noisy neighbour», «a noisy street», «too noisy».
examples
- She calleth at the head of the noisy streets, at the entrances of the gates, in the city, she uttereth her words: (Writings PRO.1.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- The classroom was very noisy before the bell. tree →
- Our neighbours had a noisy party. tree →
- The city is noisier than the countryside. tree →
- Parrots can be very noisy birds. tree →
- The noisiest room in the school is the dining hall. tree →
- It was too noisy to hear the teacher. tree →
- Noisy machines can hurt your ears, so wear ear protection. tree →
- The old car was noisy and smelly. tree →
- The noisy hum of voices was hushed. tree →
note
Comparatives: «noisier, noisiest» (change y to i). Adverb: «noisily». Noun: «noise». Opposite: «quiet». Do not confuse with «nosy / nosey» (interested in other people's business).
In the corpora
- Grumbling about a noisy party is easier than knocking, but a knock and a kind word usually fix it.
- Some hearing aids use AI to make voices clearer in noisy rooms.
- Each chick has its own voice, and its parents recognise it among thousands of others in a noisy colony.
- Lorikeets have brush-tipped tongues for licking nectar and pollen from flowers, and they are noisy visitors to gardens in eastern Australia.
- For the animals living in the water it is busy, noisy and crowded.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «noisy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.