wispy

«wispy» in Mova's school dictionary: thin, light and fine, in small loose strands, like thin… — 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 (wispy, wispier, wispiest)

meaning for a pupil

Wispy means thin, light and fine, in small loose strands, like thin wisps of hair, cloud or smoke. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on clouds, high wispy clouds are cirrus clouds, made of ice crystals. In stories and description, wispy hair or a wispy beard is thin and soft; wispy smoke drifts from a chimney. Phrases: «wispy clouds», «wispy hair», «wispy smoke», «wispy beard».

examples

• Wispy clouds streaked across the blue sky. tree →
• The baby had wispy blond hair. tree →
• Wispy smoke rose from the campfire. tree →
• The old wizard had a long, wispy beard. tree →
• High, wispy clouds are called cirrus. tree →
• Wispy grass waved in the breeze. tree →

note

Adjective from «wisp» (a thin strand) + «-y». Comparative «wispier». Often used for clouds, hair and smoke.

In the corpora

• Cirrus clouds are thin wispy clouds of ice high in the sky.

Trees and pragmatics

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