itchy

«itchy» in Mova's school dictionary: you have a feeling on your skin that makes you want to… — 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 (itchy, itchier, itchiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Itchy means you have a feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch. tree →

2) Itchy can describe something that makes your skin itch: an itchy jumper. tree →

3) «Itchy feet» means wanting to travel or move on. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health lessons: mosquito bites, nettle stings, chickenpox, head lice and dry skin can make you itchy; scratching too much can break the skin and let germs in; tell an adult if you get a rash. Phrases: itchy rash, itchy eyes, itchy feet.

examples

• The mosquito bite is really itchy. tree →
• This wool jumper is itchy. tree →
• My eyes are itchy because of hay fever. tree →
• Try not to scratch your itchy spots. tree →
• Chickenpox makes you very itchy. tree →
• His head was itchy, so he had head lice. tree →
• The label on my shirt is itchy. tree →
• After a year at home, she had itchy feet. tree →

note

Comparative: itchier, itchiest. Verb: itch (my arm itches). Noun: an itch. Scratching an itch does not make it go away and can make it worse.

In the corpora

• Most American tarantulas flick itchy barbed hairs at enemies, and female tarantulas can live 20 to 30 years.
• Tarantulas are mostly gentle; their bite is usually no worse than a bee sting, and some flick itchy hairs to defend themselves.
• A summer night, an open window, and in the morning your arm is covered in itchy red bumps.
• Many people are allergic to proteins in pet skin flakes and saliva, which cause sneezing and itchy eyes.
• Red, sticky, itchy eyes may be conjunctivitis, which spreads easily, so you tell a parent and do not share towels.

Trees and pragmatics

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