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# healthy

«healthy» in Mova's school dictionary: **well, strong and not ill** — 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 (healthy, healthier, healthiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Healthy means well, strong and not ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/healthy/#m1)

2) Healthy food or habits help you stay well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/healthy/#m2)

3) Healthy can mean good and normal: a healthy plant, a healthy friendship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/healthy/#m3)

4) Healthy can mean large: «a healthy appetite». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/healthy/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons, a healthy body needs balanced meals (fruit, vegetables, grains, protein, dairy), water, exercise, sleep and clean teeth; a healthy mind needs rest, friends and talking about feelings. In science, healthy plants need light, water and nutrients. Phrases: «healthy eating», «healthy lifestyle», «stay healthy», «healthy snack».

### examples

- Fruit is a healthy snack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/healthy/#x1)
- Exercise keeps you healthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/healthy/#x2)
- The vet said our dog is healthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/healthy/#x3)
- Eat a healthy breakfast before school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/healthy/#x4)
- Sleep helps you stay healthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/healthy/#x5)
- The plant looks healthy and green. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/healthy/#x6)
- He has a healthy appetite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/healthy/#x7)
- Healthy friendships make you feel good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/healthy/#x8)
- They were both young and healthy, well-grown and strong; but Jurgen was the cleverer of the two. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/healthy/#x9)

### note

Comparison: healthier, healthiest (y → i). Noun: «health». Opposite: unhealthy. «Healthy» describes a person or food; «healthful» is a rarer word for food that is good for you.

### In the corpora

- [Never comment on someone's weight; you don't know if they are ill, grieving or just healthier.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/18/)
- [Many sharks are endangered because they grow slowly and have few young, and they keep oceans healthy by eating sick fish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/28-sharks/18/)
- [When close relatives have babies together, inherited illnesses become more common, so swapping animals keeps the family tree healthy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals/7/)
- [Births of rare animals like gorillas or rhinos are celebrated, because a small population needs every healthy baby.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals/14/)
- [A contagious (catching) face cancer has killed many devils, and scientists keep healthy groups of devils safe to save the species.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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