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# stripy

adjective (stripy, stripier, stripiest)

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

## Everyday

Stripy means having stripes — long thin lines or bands of different colours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripy/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and children's books, there are stripy jumpers, stripy socks, stripy tigers and stripy deckchairs. In science, animals have stripy fur or skin for camouflage, like zebras and tigers. In art and maths, stripy patterns can repeat. Phrases: «stripy jumper», «stripy tail», «red and white stripy».

### Examples

- I'm wearing my stripy socks today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripy/#x1)
- The zebra's stripy coat helps confuse lions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripy/#x2)
- The bee has a black and yellow stripy body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripy/#x3)
- We sat on stripy deckchairs at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripy/#x4)
- The tiger's stripy fur hides it in the long grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripy/#x5)
- My little sister drew a stripy rainbow snake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripy/#x6)

### Note

British and Australian informal word; also spelled «stripey». «Striped» is more formal and more American. Comparison: stripier, stripiest. Stripes on a pattern often repeat, which makes them a simple example of a pattern in maths.

## On Mova

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