mouldy

«mouldy» in Mova's school dictionary: Covered with mould, a soft, furry fungus that grows on… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (mouldy, mouldier, mouldiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Covered with mould, a soft, furry fungus that grows on old food or in damp places. tree →

2) (informal, UK) Old, mean or nasty: «a mouldy old jumper». tree →

sense in the lessons

In science: mould is a fungus; it grows best in warm, damp places and is a decomposer that breaks down old food. In safety and health: don't eat mouldy food, don't sniff it (spores can make you ill), and throw it away; damp rooms can get mouldy walls. Phrases: «mouldy bread», «go mouldy».

examples

• The bread went mouldy after a week. tree →
• Don't eat that – it's mouldy! tree →
• We grew mouldy bread in a bag for our science experiment. tree →
• The bathroom wall is mouldy because it's damp. tree →
• Mouldy fruit is fuzzy and green or white. tree →
• Throw away the mouldiest strawberries. tree →
• Then it took them to another lake, into which they cast a mouldy log. tree →

note

Spelling: «mouldy» in UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada; «moldy» in the USA. Comparative: mouldier, mouldiest. Noun: mould / mold.

In the corpora

• Make hay while the sun shines, because wet hay goes mouldy.
• Dishes should be dried with a clean dry towel, because dishes put away wet can go mouldy.

Trees and pragmatics

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