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# leathery

«leathery» in Mova's school dictionary: **tough, thick and dry like leather** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (leathery, more leathery, most leathery)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Leathery means tough, thick and dry like leather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leathery/#m1)

2) Leathery skin is rough and wrinkled, often from lots of sun and wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leathery/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, some leaves are leathery to save water, such as holly and many desert plants; turtle and reptile eggs can have leathery shells. In stories, a sailor or farmer has a leathery face from years outdoors. In cooking, meat cooked too long becomes leathery and hard to chew. Phrases: «leathery leaves», «leathery skin», «leathery wings» (of bats and pterosaurs).

### examples

- Holly has dark, leathery leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leathery/#x1)
- The old fisherman had a leathery face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leathery/#x2)
- Bats have leathery wings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leathery/#x3)
- Turtle eggs have leathery shells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leathery/#x4)
- The steak was overcooked and leathery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leathery/#x5)
- Lizards have tough, leathery skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leathery/#x6)
- Desert plants often have leathery leaves to keep in water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leathery/#x7)
- The pterodactyl spread its leathery wings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leathery/#x8)

### note

Built from leather + y. Comparative: more leathery is more common than «leatherier». Leathery means «like leather», not «made of leather».

### In the corpora

- [Some sharks and rays lay eggs in leathery cases called mermaid's purses, while other sharks give birth to live pups.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/28-sharks/17/)
- [Picture a beach after a storm: among the seaweed lies a black leathery pouch with curly corners.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/311-sharks-by-kind-small-and-strange-walking-sharks-wobbegongs-cookiecutters-and-goblin-sharks/4/)
- [Reptiles have dry, scaly skin and most lay eggs with leathery shells.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/24-animal-groups/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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