juicy
part of speech
adjective (juicy, juicier, juiciest)
meaning for a pupil
1) Juicy means full of juice, such as a ripe fruit or well-cooked meat. tree →
2) Juicy (informal) means interesting and exciting, especially gossip or news. tree →
3) Juicy can mean large or rewarding, like a juicy prize. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, juicy fruits like oranges, peaches and watermelons are tasty; in science they show that fruits contain a lot of water. In stories, «juicy gossip» is exciting news about people, but sharing gossip can hurt others. Phrases: a juicy apple, a juicy steak, juicy gossip, a juicy story.
examples
- This peach is so juicy that it's dripping. tree →
- Watermelons are juicy because they are mostly water. tree →
- The burger was hot and juicy. tree →
- She had some juicy gossip about the new teacher. tree →
- Pick the juiciest orange in the bowl. tree →
- The detective found a juicy clue. tree →
- In imagination he saw the heath blossom and become purple with rich juicy berries, and the elder-bushes and lime-trees at Norre Vosborg in flower. tree →
note
Comparative: juicier, juiciest (y becomes i). Noun: juice. Trap: «juicy gossip» sounds fun, but gossip can be unkind or untrue.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «juicy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.