runny

«runny» in Mova's school dictionary: more liquid than usual, so it flows easily («runny… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (runny, runnier, runniest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Runny means more liquid than usual, so it flows easily («runny honey», «a runny egg»). tree →

2) A runny nose has a lot of liquid coming out of it, usually because of a cold or allergy. tree →

3) Runny eyes are watery. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life it describes food (runny egg yolk, runny custard) and health (runny nose with colds and hay fever); hygiene lessons teach catch it, bin it, wash your hands. In science «runny» is everyday language for a liquid with low viscosity (flows easily), compared with thick or sticky. Phrases: «runny nose», «runny yolk», «runny honey».

examples

• I have a runny nose, so I need a tissue. tree →
• I like my egg with a runny yolk. tree →
• Runny honey is easy to pour. tree →
• The paint was too runny and dripped down the wall. tree →
• Hay fever gives me runny eyes. tree →
• Water is runnier than syrup. tree →
• The ice cream went runny in the sun. tree →
• If your nose is runny, use a tissue and wash your hands. tree →

note

Comparative «runnier», superlative «runniest». Double n from «run». It is informal; in science the word «viscous» means the opposite (thick and slow-flowing).

In the corpora

• A runny nose is blown gently into a tissue, one side at a time, and the tissue goes in the bin.
• Basalt is a dark, fine-grained igneous rock made from runny lava and is the most common rock of the ocean floor.
• Gas trapped in sticky magma makes explosive eruptions; runny lava flows out more gently.

Trees and pragmatics

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