- scrubby
- [[t]skrʌ̱bi[/t]]
ADJ: usu ADJ nScrubby land is rough and dry and covered with scrub.
...the hot, scrubby hills of western Eritrea.
English dictionary. 2008.
...the hot, scrubby hills of western Eritrea.
English dictionary. 2008.
Scrubby — Scrub by (skr[u^]b b[y^]), a. [Compar. {Scrubbier} (skr[u^]b b[i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Scrubbiest}.] Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur. Dense, scrubby woods. Duke of Argyll. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scrubby — index ignoble, poor (inferior in quality) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
scrubby — 1590s; see SCRUB (Cf. scrub) (n.) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Scrubbiness … Etymology dictionary
scrubby — [skrub′ē] adj. scrubbier, scrubbiest 1. stunted in growth; undersized or inferior 2. covered with or consisting of scrub, or brushwood 3. paltry, shabby, etc. scrubbily adv. scrubbiness n … English World dictionary
scrubby — UK [ˈskrʌbɪ] / US adjective Word forms scrubby : adjective scrubby comparative scrubbier superlative scrubbiest 1) covered with small bushes and trees 2) scrubby plants are smaller than normal 3) informal looking dirty and untidy … English dictionary
scrubby — scrub|by [ˈskrʌbi] adj 1.) scrubby land is covered by low bushes 2.) scrubby trees and bushes are small and do not look very healthy … Dictionary of contemporary English
scrubby — adjective 1 covered by low bushes: scrubby terrain 2 informal looking dirty and untidy: a scrubby schoolboy … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
scrubby — adjective 1. sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush open scrubby woods • Syn: ↑scrabbly • Similar to: ↑wooded • Derivationally related forms: ↑scrubbiness, ↑scrub … Useful english dictionary
scrubby — adjective (scrubbier; est) Etymology: 1scrub Date: 1591 1. inferior in size or quality ; stunted < scrubby cattle > 2. covered with or consisting of scrub 3. shabby, paltry … New Collegiate Dictionary
scrubby — adj. Scrubby is used with these nouns: ↑bush … Collocations dictionary