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# mangy

adjective (mangier, mangiest)

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

## Everyday

Mangy means having patchy, thin fur or skin from a disease, or looking shabby and worn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mangy/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a wild or old animal that looks ill and scruffy; the man-eaters are called mangy

### Examples

- The mangy old dog had patches of bare skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mangy/#x1)
- The man-eaters were mangy and had lost their teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mangy/#x2)
- Don't pat a mangy stray cat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mangy/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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