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# scraggy

adjective (scraggier, scraggiest)

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

## Everyday

Scraggy means thin and bony, with little flesh on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraggy/#m1)

### In the lessons

describes a thin, bony animal or person in a tale, such as a bird with long scraggy necks

### Examples

- The old hen had scraggy legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraggy/#x1)
- The scraggy dog was very hungry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraggy/#x2)
- His scraggy neck stuck out of his collar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraggy/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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