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# dumpy

«dumpy» in Mova's school dictionary: **short and thick, round and squat in shape** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (dumpier, dumpiest)

### meaning for a pupil

Dumpy means short and thick, round and squat in shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dumpy/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a funny little character is described as dumpy; in lessons it describes a short, round shape

### examples

- The dumpy little man waddled into the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dumpy/#x1)
- A dumpy jug stood on the shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dumpy/#x2)
- The dumpy hen sat on her eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dumpy/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

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