greedy

«greedy» in Mova's school dictionary: wanting much more food, money or things than you need… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (greedy, greedier, greediest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Greedy means wanting much more food, money or things than you need, and not wanting to share. tree →

2) In maths and computing, a greedy method takes the biggest or best choice at each step. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories greedy characters often end badly, teaching a lesson about sharing. In everyday life «Don't be greedy» means leave some for others. In computing a greedy algorithm, like giving change with the biggest coins first, always picks the best choice right now.

examples

• Don't be greedy, leave some cake for your sister. tree →
• The greedy dog ate all the biscuits. tree →
• In the story the greedy king wanted everything to turn to gold. tree →
• He was greedy and took three slices. tree →
• Greedy people never seem to have enough. tree →
• To give 60p change the greedy way, start with a 50p coin. tree →
• I'm nothing but a greedy crow. tree →

note

Comparatives: greedier, greediest. Noun: greed; adverb: greedily. Saying someone is greedy is a criticism.

In the corpora

• The Rat chirrups, and up climbs the Otter, shaking himself and grumbling «Greedy beggars!
• His first words: «Greedy beggars!
• "zhadIba" means greedy guts, someone who won't share; it stings a bit and kids use it a lot.
• So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
• He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «greedy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.