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# downy

adjective (downy, downier, downiest)

«downy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

soft and fluffy, like the fine, light feathers of a young bird [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downy/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a bird's or baby's soft, thin covering of feathers or hair

### Examples

- The duckling had downy yellow feathers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downy/#x1)
- Dandelion seeds look soft and downy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downy/#x2)
- The baby's head was covered with downy hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downy/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «downy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«downy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/downy.html) on Mova free.