rigid

«rigid» in Mova's school dictionary: stiff and hard, not able to bend easily — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (rigid, more rigid, most rigid); adverb rigidly; noun rigidity

meaning for a pupil

1) Rigid means stiff and hard, not able to bend easily. tree →

2) Rigid rules or plans are strict and cannot be changed. tree →

3) A rigid person will not change their ideas or habits. tree →

sense in the lessons

Science (materials): rigid materials such as wood, metal and hard plastic keep their shape; flexible ones such as rubber and fabric bend. Design: a rigid frame makes a strong bridge. Stories: «rigid with fear» means too scared to move. Phrases: rigid rules, rigid with fear, rigid structure.

examples

• A metal ruler is rigid, but a rubber band is flexible. tree →
• The cardboard box was rigid and strong. tree →
• The school has rigid rules about phones. tree →
• She froze, rigid with fear. tree →
• Triangles make rigid shapes in bridges. tree →
• Plastic can be rigid or flexible. tree →
• Fionn sat rigid and unmoving, his face stony and terrible as the face of a monument carved on the side of a cliff. tree →

note

Opposite: flexible. In science, sort materials into rigid and flexible. Pronounced RIJ-id. Rigid is not the same as «strong»: glass is rigid but breaks easily.

In the corpora

• Adding a diagonal strut to a square frame divides it into two triangles and makes it rigid.

Trees and pragmatics

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