stormy

«stormy» in Mova's school dictionary: Stormy weather has strong winds, heavy rain, thunder or… — 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 (stormy, stormier, stormiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Stormy weather has strong winds, heavy rain, thunder or big waves. tree →

2) Stormy can describe feelings or meetings full of anger and shouting, like a stormy argument. tree →

sense in the lessons

In weather and science lessons, stormy days bring gales, thunder and lightning. Safety: in stormy weather stay indoors, keep away from trees, water and the beach, and follow warnings. In stories, «a dark and stormy night» sets a spooky scene. Phrases: «stormy weather», «stormy sea», «stormy sky».

examples

• It was a dark and stormy night. tree →
• The ferry didn't sail because the sea was stormy. tree →
• Stormy weather is coming this afternoon. tree →
• Stay away from the beach on stormy days. tree →
• The sky looked stormy and grey. tree →
• They had a stormy argument about the game. tree →
• Our picnic was ruined by stormy weather. tree →
• It was a stormy night, with mist and rain. tree →

note

Adjective: storm + -y; stormier, stormiest. Stormy weather can be dangerous: lightning can strike tall, open places. Opposite: «calm».

In the corpora

• Picture Mary Anning, a girl from a poor family in Lyme Regis, hunting along stormy cliffs in the early 1800s.
• Elizabeth I ruled England for 45 years, and in 1588 her navy and stormy weather defeated the Spanish Armada.
• I would haste me to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.'
• For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves thereof;
• Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling His word;

Trees and pragmatics

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