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# bandy

«bandy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Bandy describes legs that curve outward, so that the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (bandier, bandiest); verb (bandies, bandied, bandying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Bandy describes legs that curve outward, so that the knees are apart when the feet are together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandy/#m1)

2) (verb) To bandy words means to exchange them, especially in an argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a character with bandy legs is short, bent or comical, and sometimes rude

### examples

- The little man had bandy legs and a loud voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandy/#x1)
- The mole kicked the boy with his bandy legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandy/#x2)
- The two farmers bandied angry words across the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandy/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bandy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.