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# sturdy

adjective (sturdy, sturdier, sturdiest)

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

## Everyday

1. Strong and solid, not easy to break or knock over: "a sturdy table". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sturdy/#m1)
2. Of a person or animal: strong and healthy, with a solid body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sturdy/#m2)

### In the lessons

In design and technology lessons, pupils test whether their models are sturdy. In everyday life and hiking, people wear sturdy boots. In science, a wide base makes a structure sturdier. Phrases: sturdy shoes, sturdy boots, sturdy table, sturdy box.

### Examples

- Wear sturdy shoes for the walk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sturdy/#x1)
- We need a sturdy box to carry the books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sturdy/#x2)
- This chair is sturdy enough to stand on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sturdy/#x3)
- The little pony is short but sturdy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sturdy/#x4)
- Make your bridge sturdy so it can hold the weights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sturdy/#x5)
- A sturdy branch is safer to climb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sturdy/#x6)
- Conall Yellowclaw was a sturdy tenant in Erin: he had three sons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sturdy/#x7)

### Note

Comparative: sturdier, sturdiest. The opposite is "flimsy" or "weak". Safety: only stand on something sturdy, like a step stool, and never on a wobbly chair.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Isaiah's nation is strong and aggressive, with people who tread down others. The tradition treats this as a picture of a powerful nation that God will judge. In the primary lessons: In design and technology lessons, pupils test whether their models are sturdy. In everyday life and hiking, people wear sturdy boots. In science, a wide base makes a structure sturdier. Phrases: sturdy shoes, sturdy boots, sturdy table, sturdy box.

### Examples

- Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and of glossy skin, to a people terrible from their beginning onward; a nation that is sturdy and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide! (Prophets ISA.18.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sturdy/#x1)

### Note

Comparative: sturdier, sturdiest. The opposite is "flimsy" or "weak". Safety: only stand on something sturdy, like a step stool, and never on a wobbly chair.

## On Mova

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