tidy
Part of speech: adj
verb
noun
intj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English tidy, tydy, tidi (“timely, seasonal, opportune”), from tide (“time”) + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian tiedig (“timely, early”), Dutch tijdig (“timely”), German Low German tiedig (“timely”), German zeitig (“seasonal, timely”), Danish tidig (“timely”), Swedish tidig (“timely”).
Base: tide
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: tidier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: tidiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: tidies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tidying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tidied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: tidied
pos: verb
tags: past
form: tidies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Arranged neatly and in order.
pos: adj
examples: She always kept her desk immaculately tidy; nothing was ever out of place.
gloss: Not messy; neat and controlled.
pos: adj
examples: Keep Britain tidy by picking up litter.
gloss: Satisfactory; comfortable.
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
gloss: Generous, considerable.
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
examples: The scheme made a tidy profit.
Two hundred thousand people! Miss Glory, that's a tidy lot. Not bad.
gloss: In good time; at the right time; timely; seasonable; opportune; favourable; fit; suitable.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: if weather be fair and tidy
gloss: Brave; smart; skillful; fine; good.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
gloss: Appropriate or suitable as regards occasion, circumstances, arrangement, or order.
pos: adj
gloss: Normalized in a certain way that optimizes for data analysis.
pos: adj
gloss: To make tidy; to neaten.
pos: verb
gloss: A container or other device for storing or organizing loose items in a tidy fashion.
pos: noun
tags: in-compounds
examples: desk tidy; sink tidy; cable tidy
It was in the days when[…]every scrap of cotton or linen found its way into the ‘tidy’.
NORRIS'S SINK TIDY. J NORRIS AND SONS, Sunningdale, near Ascot, the inventors of the "Little Friend" soap-tray, have extended the usefulness of this utensil by designing a sink-tidy for carrying three of the trays in the manner shown in the engraving. The tidy is formed by a strip of light wood[…]The price at which the tidy is offered virtually places it within the reach of everyone.
Inside there it was, the 1337 Revolving Desk Tidy.[…]The round "tidy" was divided into six segments "for all types of small sundries," and looked a bit like a grapefruit cut across the middle.
gloss: A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: A child's pinafore.
pos: noun
tags: dated
examples: A much coarser cotton, according to the fancy of the worker, may be used for the trimmings of night dresses, petticoats, D'Oyleys, tidies, etc.
gloss: The wren.
pos: noun
examples: The Tydie for her notes as delicate as they
gloss: Expression of agreement or positive acknowledgement, usually in reply to a question; great, fine.
pos: intj
tags: Wales
Synonyms: orderly
presentable
spick and span
clean
seasonable
fit
Antonyms: messy
untidy
slipshod
Related words: tidily
tidiness
Derived words: neat and tidy
tidyish
tidyness
tidytips
cable tidy
desk tidy
hair-tidy
sink tidy
tidy-up
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