ivy — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(noun.)

ADJ

dense, thick | trailing | variegated

VERB + IVY

grow

The climbing ivy grew quickly across the old brick wall during summer.

plant, put in

cut back, cut down, keep down

We had to cut down the ivy covering the old brick wall last summer.

be covered in

The old cottage was covered in ivy during the autumn months.

IVY + VERB

grow

The ivy grows across the old garden wall every spring.

climb, cling, crawl, creep, trail, twine

The old ivy crept slowly up the side of the cottage every summer.

IVY + NOUN

leaves

Definitions

noun

1

Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.

Hidden timber elements, lintels and roof tiles have also been replaced, in addition to gaining a new paint job and guttering drainage, and the removal of ivy that was damaging the exterior.

2

Any similar plant of any genus.

name

1

A unisex given name from English.

Little Ivy's life, as the months pass on, is a quiet, uneventful one, but exceedingly happy withal: - - - "You have a strange name, my dear," the old lady says one day, and the child answers in her serious, old-fashioned way, "Yes, so everyone has always said. You know my mamma died when I was born, and papa named me that because he said that I came when his heart was all aching with sorrow, and twined around it and comforted him."

Kind people apply all the milder words to your face; only Father ever called it ugly. Ugly Ivy mingy as her name. Father himself was handsome and drunken. Mother had wanted 'Ivy' simple and yet pretty and for once stuck to her guns. You wished she hadn't.

2

A unisex given name from English.

3

A unisex given name from English.

Ivy Andrews, Ivy Calvin, Ivy Lee

4

A diminutive of the male given name Ivan.

Ivy Olson, Ivy Williamson

5

A surname from English.

noun

1

A university that is part of the Ivy League.

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Hidden timber elements, lintels and roof tiles have also been replaced, in addition to gaining a new paint job and guttering drainage, and the removal of ivy that was damaging the exterior.

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02

Little Ivy's life, as the months pass on, is a quiet, uneventful one, but exceedingly happy withal: - - - "You have a strange name, my dear," the old lady says one day, and the child answers in her se

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03

Kind people apply all the milder words to your face; only Father ever called it ugly. Ugly Ivy mingy as her name. Father himself was handsome and drunken. Mother had wanted 'Ivy' simple and yet pretty

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04

Ivy Andrews, Ivy Calvin, Ivy Lee

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05

The side of the house was covered with ivy.

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06

I got a rash from poison ivy.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, ivy is marked as informal, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.