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# greedy

«greedy» in Mova's school dictionary: **wanting much more food, money or things than you need…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (greedy, greedier, greediest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Greedy means wanting much more food, money or things than you need, and not wanting to share. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greedy/#m1)

2) In maths and computing, a greedy method takes the biggest or best choice at each step. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greedy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories greedy characters often end badly, teaching a lesson about sharing. In everyday life «Don't be greedy» means leave some for others. In computing a greedy algorithm, like giving change with the biggest coins first, always picks the best choice right now.

### examples

- Don't be greedy, leave some cake for your sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greedy/#x1)
- The greedy dog ate all the biscuits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greedy/#x2)
- In the story the greedy king wanted everything to turn to gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greedy/#x3)
- He was greedy and took three slices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greedy/#x4)
- Greedy people never seem to have enough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greedy/#x5)
- To give 60p change the greedy way, start with a 50p coin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greedy/#x6)
- I'm nothing but a greedy crow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greedy/#x7)

### note

Comparatives: greedier, greediest. Noun: greed; adverb: greedily. Saying someone is greedy is a criticism.

### In the corpora

- [The Rat chirrups, and up climbs the Otter, shaking himself and grumbling «Greedy beggars!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/1/)
- [His first words: «Greedy beggars!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/16/)
- ["zhadIba" means greedy guts, someone who won't share; it stings a bit and kids use it a lot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/26-friendly-name-calling-and-real-insults/10/)
- [So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; it taketh away the life of the owners thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.18/)
- [He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.437/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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