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# marshy

adjective (marshy, marshier, marshiest)

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

## Everyday

Marshy means soft and wet, like a marsh, so water lies on or just under the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshy/#m1)

### In the lessons

Met in geography and nature lessons about wetlands, and in stories where heroes cross dangerous marshy land.

### Examples

- The field by the river is marshy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshy/#x1)
- Our boots sank into the marshy ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshy/#x2)
- Frogs love marshy places. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshy/#x3)
- The path got marshy after the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshy/#x4)
- Ducks nest in the marshy reeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshy/#x5)
- Be careful: marshy ground can be deeper than it looks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshy/#x6)
- They reached a marshy place, and the mire was very deep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marshy/#x7)

### Note

Made from «marsh» + «-y». Similar: boggy, swampy, soggy. Safety: marshy land can be dangerous; keep to paths.

## On Mova

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